[This world is one great battlefield]

[This world is one great battlefield]

Composer: Charles Albert Tindley
Published in 8 hymnals


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Composer: Charles Albert Tindley

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Tune Information

Title: [This world is one great battlefield]
Composer: Charles Albert Tindley
Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.6.8.6
Incipit: 13332 21111 51321
Notes: This hymn (text and tune) is frequently cited as a source or antecedent of the folk song or spiritual, "We shall overcome", which became prominent as an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The precise kind and degree of relationship between the two songs is not clearly known.
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Timeline

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #2886
Text: I'll Overcome Some Day
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
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African American Heritage Hymnal #544

African American Heritage Hymnal #544

Beams of Heaven #14

Beams of Heaven #14
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Songs of Zion #25

Songs of Zion #25
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The Cyber Hymnal #2886

The Cyber Hymnal #2886
Include 4 pre-1979 instances
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