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My Purchased Files| Text: | We Shall Overcome |
| Adapter: | Zilphia Horton |
| Adapter: | Frank Hamilton |
| Adapter: | Guy Carawan |
| Adapter: | Pete Seeger |
| Tune: | WE SHALL OVERCOME |
| Adapter: | Zilphia Horton |
| Adapter: | Frank Hamilton |
| Adapter: | Guy Carawan |
| Adapter: | Pete Seeger |
803. We Shall Overcome
We shall overcome, we shall overcome,
we shall overcome someday!
Refrain:
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
we shall overcome someday!
We’ll walk hand in hand … some day!
We shall live in peace … some day!
We are not afraid … today!
God will see us through … today!
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | We shall overcome |
| Title: | We Shall Overcome |
| Adapter: | Zilphia Horton |
| Adapter: | Frank Hamilton |
| Adapter: | Guy Carawan |
| Adapter: | Pete Seeger |
| Meter: | Irregular |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Scripture: | ; |
| Topic: | Heritage: African American; Hope; Justice (3 more...) |
| Source: | African American traditional (USA); inspired by Charles Tindley, “I'll Overcome Some Day,” 1900, members of the Food & Tobacco Workers Union, Charleston, South Carolina, and the civil rights movement in the American South (USA), 20th c. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | WE SHALL OVERCOME |
| Adapter: | Zilphia Horton |
| Adapter: | Frank Hamilton |
| Adapter: | Guy Carawan |
| Adapter: | Pete Seeger |
| Meter: | Irregular |
| Key: | C Major |
| Source: | African American traditional (USA) |
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