1.
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS:
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
CHORUS
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
CHORUS
7.
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS The most important anthem of the civil rights movement wouldn't exist without the public domain - this is not hypothetical, don't let our cultural repository be taken away.
Article comments
1 - Jim Carruthers
There was a piece on CBC this morning about the role the Allan Lomax collection in the Library of Congress played in establishing the folk and anti-war movement of the early 60s. If you had no public domain, you would have no Joan Baez or Bob Dylan.