We Shall Overcome
We shall
We shall
Oh, deep
We shall
overcome, we shall overcome
overcome some day,
in my heart I do believe
overcome some day
(Repeat the last two lines after every verse)
We’ll walk hand in hand, we’ll walk hand in hand
We’ll walk hand in hand, some day,
Black and white together, black and white together
Black and white together, some day,
The truth will make us free, the truth will make us free,
The truth will make us free some day,
The Lord will see us through, the Lord will see us through,
The Lord will see us through some day,
We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace some day,
We are not afraid, we are not afraid,
We are not afraid today,
The whole wide world around, the whole wide world around
The whole wide world around some day,
We
We
Oh,
We
shall
shall
deep
shall
overcome, we shall overcome
overcome some day
in my heart I do believe
overcome some day.
"But if physical death is the price that a man must pay to free his children
and his white brethren from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing
could be more redemptive."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
D E M O C R A T IC P A R T Y of O R E G O N
Page 8 Section II Portland Observer, January 21, 1982