We shall overcome - MAHALIA JACKSON Live late 1960's

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elfeco
25 de Fevereiro de 2007
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We shall overcome--very moving she gets totally saturated with the song, even at the end as she walks from the mic the power of her voice is still overwhelming. This song was a staple of the  civil rights movement, Mahalia worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King. She also sang Precious Lord at his funeral in 1968 

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We Shall Overcome

 

Lyrics derived from Charles Tindley's gospel song "I'll Overcome Some Day" (1900), and opening and closing melody from the 19th-century spiritual "No More Auction Block for Me" (a song that dates to before the Civil War). According to Professor Donnell King of Pellissippi State Technical Community College (in Knoxville, Tenn.), "We Shall Overcome" was adapted from these gospel songs by "Guy Carawan, Candy Carawan, and a couple of other people associated with the Highlander Research and Education Center, currently located near Knoxville, Tennessee. I have in my possession copies of the lyrics that include a brief history of the song, and a notation that royalties from the song go to support the Highlander Center."

 

1.	We shall overcome We shall overcome We shall overcome some day

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Oh, deep in my heart I do believe We shall overcome some day

2.	We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand some day

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3.	We shall all be free We shall all be free We shall all be free some day

CHORUS

 

4.	We are not afraid We are not afraid We are not afraid some day

CHORUS

 

5.	We are not alone We are not alone We are not alone some day

CHORUS

 

6.	The whole wide world around The whole wide world around The whole wide world around some day

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7.	We shall overcome We shall overcome We shall overcome some day

CHORUS

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SOURCES:

Eileen Southern, The Music of Black Americans: A History, Second Edition (Norton, 1971): 546-47, 159-60. The International Lyrics Server. <http://www.lyrics.ch/query/normal?artist=&album=&song=We+Shall+Overcome>. March 1998. Donnell King, email message, 29 Nov. 1999.

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WE SHALL OVERCOME Words and Music by Zilphia Hart., Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan
and Pete Seeger

(La melodia sembra sia stata tratta da un canto di pescatori siciliani del 17'
secolo, trasportata in Germania dove a diventata un inno protestante, e da qui
alle congregazioni “bianche” protestanti degli Stati Uniti del sud. E' stata
pubblicata per la prima volta come Inno negro in una versione modificata, nei
primi anni dello scorso secolo. Usata, nella forma attuale, negli anni ‘40 come
inno “sindacale” dai lavoratori degli Alimentari e del Tabacco del
 Sud-Carolina, e successivamente dai lavoratori delle scuole popolari del
Tennessee. E' usata tradizionalmente per chiudere tutti i congressi
i.ntegrazionisti).

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We shall overcome,
We shall overcome,
  We shall overcome, some day.
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Oh, deep in my heart,
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day.
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We'll walk hand in hand,
We'll walk hand in hand,
We'll walk hand in hand, some day.

Oh, deep in my heart,
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We shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace, some day.
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Oh, deep in my heart,
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We shall all be free,
We shall all be free,
We shall all be free, some day.

Oh, deep in my heart,
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We are not afraid,
We are not afraid,
We are not afraid, TODAY

Oh, deep in my heart,
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We shall overcome,
We shall overcome,
We shall overcome, some day.
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Oh, deep in my heart,
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day.

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