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Origins of "We Shall Overcome"

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I have always believed that "We Shall Overcome" is a variant on the old Roman Catholic hymn O Sanctissima. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Sanctissima and listen to the YouTube performance at the bottom of that page where the hymn is performed in Latin by the Cathedral Singers. This Wikipedia article also states that Ludwig van Beethovan used the tune in his "Verschiedene Volkslieder". Certainly "We Shall Overcome" has the sound and feel of music much older than than lifetime of Charles Albert Tindley, the composer to whom "We Shall Overcome" is attributed. Jts-T2 (talk) 20:34, 18 August 2014 (UTC)