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We Shall Overcome*
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
CHORUS: 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.
We shall all be free.
We shall all be free.
We shall all be free some day.
CHORUS: Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe.
We shall overcome some day.
* Edited for this event
Lift Every Voice and Sing**
by James Weldon Johnson
Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring,
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where
Ring with the harmonies of liberty.
we met thee. Lest our hearts drunk with the wine
Let our rejoicing rise, high as the list’ning skies.
of the world, we forget thee.
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has
stand! True to our God, true to our native land.
taught us. Sing a song full of the hope that the
** First and third verses used for this event
present has brought us. Facing the rising sun of a
new day begun, let us march on till victory is won.
God of our weary years, God of our silent tears.
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way.
Thou who has by thy might, led us into the light.
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
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