Text:We Shall Overcome
Adapter:Zilphia Horton
Adapter:Frank Hamilton
Adapter:Guy Carawan
Adapter:Pete Seeger
Tune:MARTIN
Adapter:Zilphia Horton
Adapter:Frank Hamilton
Adapter:Guy Carawan
Adapter:Pete Seeger
Arranger:Monya Davis Logan

106. We Shall Overcome

Text Information
First Line: We shall overcome, we shall overcome
Title: We Shall Overcome
Adapter: Zilphia Horton
Adapter: Frank Hamilton
Adapter: Guy Carawan
Adapter: Pete Seeger
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 2007
Topic: Living the Faith: Black History/Liberation; Assurance; Burdens (9 more...)
Source: Trad.
Copyright: © 1960 (Renewed and 1963 (Renewed) Ludlow Music, Inc.
Notes: Inspired by African American Gospel Singing, members of the Food & Tobacco Workers Union, Charleston, South Carolina, and the southern Civil Rights Movement. Royalties derived from this composition are being contributed to the We Shall Overcome Fund and The Freedom Movement under the Trusteeship of the writers
Tune Information
Name: MARTIN
Adapter: Zilphia Horton
Adapter: Frank Hamilton
Adapter: Guy Carawan
Adapter: Pete Seeger
Arranger: Monya Davis Logan
Meter: Irregular
Key: D♭ Major
Source: Trad.
Copyright: © 1960 (Renewed and 1963 (Renewed) Ludlow Music, Inc.



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