Joan Baez singing We Shall Overcome in the March for Jobs and Freedom on Washington DC.
The lyrics of “We Shall Overcome” derived from Charles Albert Tindley’s gospel song “I’ll Overcome Some Day” which was published in 1900. The gospel song was so popular that it became one of the hymns of the Civil Rights Movement. During the March for Jobs and Freedom on Washington it was performed by Joan Baez.
Lyrics
We shall overcome,
We shall overcome,
We shall overcome, some day.
Oh, deep in my heart,
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day.
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,
We shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace, some day.
Oh, deep in my heart,
We shall all be free,
We shall all be free,
We shall all be free, some day.
Oh, deep in my heart,
We are not afraid,
We are not afraid,
We are not afraid, TODAY
Oh, deep in my heart,
We shall overcome,
We shall overcome,
We shall overcome, some day.
Oh, deep in my heart,
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day.
