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Text: | We Shall Overcome |
Tune: | WE SHALL OVERCOME |
Arranger: | William Farley Smith |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 We shall overcome;
we shall overcome;
we shall overcome someday.
Refrain:
O, deep in my heart
I do believe
we shall overcome someday!
2 We’ll walk hand in hand;
we’ll walk hand in hand;
we’ll walk hand in hand someday. [Refrain]
3 We shall live in peace;
we shall live in peace;
we shall live in peace someday. [Refrain]
4 We are not afraid;
we are not afraid;
we are not afraid today. [Refrain]
5 God will see us through;
God will see us through;
God will see us through today. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We shall overcome |
Title: | We Shall Overcome |
Refrain First Line: | O, deep in my heart |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Topic: | Freedom; A New Heaven and a New Earth; World Peace(1 more...) |
Source: | African American spiritual |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WE SHALL OVERCOME |
Arranger: | William Farley Smith (1986) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | African American spiritual |
Copyright: | Arr. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House (admin. The Copyright Company) |
Though now associated primarily with the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century, this spiritual most likely dates from the days of the slave trade; and similarities with the tune SICILIAN MARINERS (see no. 546) suggest that it might have been a worksong aboard slave ships.
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