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Artist: Pete Seeger
Canonical path: /pete-seeger/we-shall-overcome
Related lyric paths: 6
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We Shall Overcome
Read We Shall Overcome lyrics by Pete Seeger on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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We Shall Overcome
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We shall overcome
Hey we shall overcome, we shall overcome
We shall overcome someday
Darlin' here in my heart, yeah i do believe
We shall overcome someday
Well we'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand someday
Darlin' here in my heart, yeah i do believe
We'll walk hand in hand someday
Well we shall live in peace, we shall live in peace
We shall live in peace someday
Darlin' here in my heart, yeah i do believe
We shall live in peace someday
Well we are not afraid, we are not afraid
We shall overcome someday
Yeah here in my heart, i do believe
We shall overcome someday
Hey we shall overcome, we shall overcome
We shall overcome someday
Darlin' here in my heart, i do believe
We shall overcome someday
We shall overcome someday
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Pete Seeger performs "We Shall Overcome", and this lyric page sits inside the Pete Seeger catalog on LyroVerse.
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