Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

This is the full version of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" Speach

Today is one of the greatest American holydays, a day where we are encurage to serve others, without conpensation, no matter who they are.  First, here's a link from a post on my other blog which gives advice on how you might like to spend your day today:

http://fipher.blogspot.com/2009/01/fwd-people-need-you-martin-luther-king.html

Next, I'd life to share a song, lyrics provided by k-state.edu:

We Shall Overcome

 

Lyrics derived from Charles Tindley's gospel song "I'll Overcome Some Day" (1900), and opening and closing melody from the 19th-century spiritual "No More Auction Block for Me" (a song that dates to before the Civil War). According to Professor Donnell King of Pellissippi State Technical Community College (in Knoxville, Tenn.), "We Shall Overcome" was adapted from these gospel songs by "Guy Carawan, Candy Carawan, and a couple of other people associated with the Highlander Research and Education Center, currently located near Knoxville, Tennessee. I have in my possession copies of the lyrics that include a brief history of the song, and a notation that royalties from the song go to support the Highlander Center."

 

1.	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

2.	We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand some day

CHORUS

 

3.	We shall all be free We shall all be free We shall all be free some day

CHORUS

 

4.	We are not afraid We are not afraid We are not afraid some day

CHORUS

 

5.	We are not alone We are not alone We are not alone some day

CHORUS

 

6.	The whole wide world around The whole wide world around The whole wide world around some day

CHORUS

 

7.	We shall overcome We shall overcome We shall overcome some day

CHORUS

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SOURCES:

Eileen Southern, The Music of Black Americans: A History, Second Edition (Norton, 1971): 546-47, 159-60. The International Lyrics Server. <http://www.lyrics.ch/query/normal?artist=&album=&song=We+Shall+Overcome>. March 1998. Donnell King, email message, 29 Nov. 1999. For the creation of Cheon-Il-Guk, from Bergen, Hordaland, Norge, Christopher D. Osborn