We Shall Overcome Songtext
von Pete Seeger

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
We'll walk hand in hand some day

Oh, deep in my heart (I do believe)
I do believe (we shall overcome, some day)
We shall overcome, some day

We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace, some day

Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day


And the most important verse
Is the one they wrote down in Montgomery, Alabama
They said, "We are not afraid"
And the young people taught everybody else a lesson
All we, all the people that have learned how to compromise
And learned how to take it easy and be polite and get along
And leave things as they were
The young people taught us all a lesson

We are not afraid
We are not afraid
We are not afraid, today

Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe (we shall overcome, some day)
We shall overcome, some day

The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around some day

Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day