Hi, Roy,

I've heard a recording of a male group doing a great job on this song, but I can't remember who it was. Anybody have an idea?
The version I have is in the "Sing for Freedom" civil rights songbook from Sing Out! It's a call-and-response song, with the group singing each line after the leader.


UP OVER MY HEAD
(adaptation of gospel song by Betty Mae Fikes)

Up above my head [group repeat]
I see freedom in the air
Up above my head
I see freedom in the air
Up above my head
I see freedom in the air
And I really do believe, I said I really do believe, There's a God somewhere.


Up above my head
I hear praying in the air....

Up above my head
I hear singing in the air....

Up above my head
I hear music in the air

If my mother won't go, I'm gonna go anyhow....

If you can't go, let your children go....

If my brother can't go, don't let him hinder me....

Up above my heard, I see freedom in the air.....

The "Rise Up Singing" songbook has a couple of versions. One is about the same as the song I posted above. The simpler one is called "Over My Head," and it goes like this:

Over my head, there's [trouble] in the air (3x)
There must be a God somewhere.

[substitute weepin' singin' prayin' joy, freedom, music, etc.]

last verse: Over my head, there's victory in the air (3x)
I know there's a God somewhere.

Hope that helps.
-Joe Offer- ^^