"If you would like to get out of a pessimistic mood yourself, I got one sure remedy for you. Go help those people down in Birmingham or Mississippi or Alabama. All kinds of jobs that need to be done. Takes hands and hearts and heads to do it. Human beings to do it. Then we'll see this song come true"

We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
oh that I do believe
Oh oh oh we shall overcome, some day

We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day

We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day

The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around
The whole wide world around, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day

Now you know the best verse was made up down in Montgomery Alabama, says we are not afraid. And here you and I up here, like every human being in the world. We have been afraid, but you still sing it. We are not afraid, we are not afraid. And I'd especially like to dedicate this verse to an old friend of mine, I think she's the oldest person here tonight. Alice Pulitzer, 93 years old - she came to sing with us"

We are not afraid
We are not afraid
We are not afraid, today
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day

We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
I know that I do believe
We shall overcome, some day.

