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MARTIN

Meter: Irregular Appears in 35 hymnals Matching Instances: 34 Composer and/or Arranger: William Farley Smith Tune Sources: Afro-American spiritual Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 55665 43556 6543 Used With Text: We Shall Overcome

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Hemos de triunfar

Author: Anónimo Meter: Irregular Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Refrain First Line: Oh, muy dentro del ser Topics: Justicia y Paz; Justicia; Justice Scripture: Romans 8:37 Used With Tune: MARTIN Text Sources: Tradicional áfrico-americano
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We Shall Overcome

Meter: 5.5.7.9.7 Appears in 38 hymnals Matching Instances: 31 Lyrics: 1 We shall overcome, We shall overcome, We shall overcome someday. Refrain: Oh, 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] 6 We shall stand together... 7 The truth will make us free... 8 We shall be like him... 9 The whole wide world around... Topics: Social Concern Used With Tune: WE SHALL OVERCOME Text Sources: Spiritual

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We Shall Overcome

Hymnal: Praise Ways #75 (1975) First Line: We shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome some day Tune Title: [We shall overcome]

We Shall Overcome

Author: Zilphia Horton; Frank Hamilton; Guy Carawan; Pete Seeger Hymnal: Zion still Sings #106 (2007) Meter: Irregular First Line: We shall overcome, we shall overcome Topics: Living the Faith Black History/Liberation; Assurance; Burdens; Challenge; Comfort; Faith; Freedom; God's Care and Guidance; Guidance; Peace; Trust; Victory Languages: English Tune Title: MARTIN
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We Shall Overcome

Hymnal: Songs of Zion #127 (1981) Lyrics: 1 We shall overcome, We shall overcome, We shall overcome someday. Refrain: Oh, If in our hearts we 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 all have peace, We shall all have peace, We shall all have peace someday. [Refrain] 4 We are not afraid, We are not afraid, We are not afraid today. [Refrain] 5 God is on our side, God is on our side, God is on our side today. [Refrain] Topics: Negro Spirituals and Afro-American Liberation Songs Languages: English Tune Title: [We shall overcome]

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Charles Albert Tindley

1851 - 1933 Person Name: Charles Albert Tindley, 1851-1993 Author of "We Shall Overcome" in Community of Christ Sings Charles Albert Tindley was born in Berlin, Maryland, July 7, 1851; son of Charles and Hester Tindley. His father was a slave, and his mother was free. Hester died when he was very young; he was taken in my his mother’s sister Caroline Miller Robbins in order to keep his freedom. It seems that he was expected to work to help the family. In his Book of Sermons (1932), he speaks of being “hired out” as a young boy, “wherever father could place me.” He married Daisy Henry when he was seventeen. Together they had eight children, some of whom would later assist him with the publication of his hymns. Tindley was largely self-taught throughout his lifetime. He learned to read mostly on his own. After he and Daisy moved to Philadelphia in 1875, he took correspondence courses toward becoming a Methodist minister. He did this while working as a sexton (building caretaker) for the East Bainbridge Street Church. Beginning in 1885, he was appointed by the local bishop to serve two or three-year terms at a series of churches, until coming full circle to become pastor at East Bainbridge in 1902. Under his leadership, the church grew rapidly. They relocated in 1904 to the East Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, then again in 1924 to the new Tindley Temple, where the membership roll blossomed to about ten thousand. Tindley was known for being a captivating preacher, and for also taking an active role in the betterment of the people in his community. His songs were an outgrowth of his preaching ministry, often introduced during his sermons. Tindley was able to draw people of multiple races to his church ministry; likewise, his songs have been adopted and proliferated by white and black churches alike. The songs of Charles Tindley were published cumulatively in two editions of Soul Echoes (1905, 1909) and six editions of New Songs of Paradise (1916-1941). His wife Daisy died in 1924, before the completion of the Tindley Temple. He remarried in 1927 to Jenny Cotton. Charles A. Tindley died July 26, 1933.

Paul Abels

Arranger of "[We shall overcome]" in The New National Baptist Hymnal

Allen Tuten

Arranger of "MARTIN" in The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition)

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Small Church Music

Description: The SmallChurchMusic site was launched in 2006, growing out of the requests from those struggling to provide suitable music for their services and meetings. Rev. Clyde McLennan was ordained in mid 1960’s and was a pastor in many small Australian country areas, and therefore was acutely aware of this music problem. Having also been trained as a Pipe Organist, recordings on site (which are a subset of the smallchurchmusic.com site) are all actually played by Clyde, and also include piano and piano with organ versions. All recordings are in MP3 format. Churches all around the world use the recordings, with downloads averaging over 60,000 per month. The recordings normally have an introduction, several verses and a slowdown on the last verse. Users are encouraged to use software: Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org) or Song Surgeon (http://songsurgeon.com) (see http://scm-audacity.weebly.com for more information) to adjust the MP3 number of verses, tempo and pitch to suit their local needs. Copyright notice: Rev. Clyde McLennan, performer in this collection, has assigned his performer rights in this collection to Hymnary.org. Non-commercial use of these recordings is permitted. For permission to use them for any other purposes, please contact manager@hymnary.org. Home/Music(smallchurchmusic.com) List SongsAlphabetically List Songsby Meter List Songs byTune Name About