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Thread #165817 Message #3983407
Posted By: GUEST,Stringsinger
20-Mar-19 - 01:07 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Classical tunes used in trad-type songs?
Subject: RE: Origins: Classical tunes used in trad-type songs?
The melody for "We Shall Overcome" is very similar to the Marist hymn, "O Sanctissima",
snatches of which can be found in Bing Crosby's pix "Going My Way".
I consider "We Shall Overcome" a folk song because there were many hands in its development.
(Communal theory of folk music).