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 |
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 | |
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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 | |
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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) |