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Thread #100118   Message #2007143
Posted By: Jim Dixon
25-Mar-07 - 09:36 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: We Shall Not Give Up the Fight (S Africa)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: We Shall Not Give Up the Fight (S Africa)
Not only has this song never been posted at Mudcat before, but there is precious little information about it on the whole freakin' Internet. I am amazed. This is too good a song to be unknown.

It's on the album "Freedom Is Coming: Songs of Protest and Praise from South Africa," by Fjedur, a Swedish choral group whose director apparently collected the song in Africa. There is a 30-second sound sample at last.fm. I also found a complete mp3 file: click to play..

(I found that mp3 with AltaVista Audio Search.)

There is also a songbook with the same title as the album.

It seems to have been recorded mainly by non-commercial groups such as:
The Solidarity Choir of Sydney, Australia.
The Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington DC
The Minnesota Boychoir
etc.

A few organizations have adapted it: "We shall not give up on peace...We'll put an end to bigotry..."