Why is the song "SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT" england rugby unions song? Why is this slavery song been adopted?

Question

Why is the song "SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT" england rugby unions song? Why is this slavery song been adopted?

Answer 1

Written in 1862 by Wallis Willis, then an African slave in America.

At the 1988 Ireland match in Twickenham a group from the Benedictine school Douai sang it from the gates outside, as they had been having a losing streak, many of the crowd joined in and it has been associated with Rugby ever since.

I can't believe I even checked that out too, so hope it helps.

Answer 2

Do you have to question everything, it just is, why do other teams pick their ruby songs?

Answer 3

Because its a nice song

Answer 4

I don't know, but there is some very rude miming involved when it is sung in private. And I became aware of this in 1968.