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Thread #26673   Message #1381090
Posted By: Pauline L
17-Jan-05 - 09:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: American Freedom Songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: American Freedom Songs
As I write this, I am looking at a small book, with no publication date, which I bought for $1.95 in 1964 or 1965. It is called, "We Shall Overcome: Songs of the Southern Freedom Movement," and it was complied by Guy and Candie Caravan for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. It has the melody, chords, and lyrics for a lot of freedom songs, as well as brief historical notes and photographs for many of the songs. It is great as music and as history...lest we forget.