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I Shall Not Be Moved

Composer: Traditional

Recordings

no info Get On Board, Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee/Coyal McMahan, 1951
no info Talking Union and Other Union Songs, Almanac Singers, 1955
no info Music from the South, Vol. 1: Country Brass Bands, Various Artists (The Lapsey Band), 1955
info Appalachian Minstrel, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, 1956
no info Music from the South, Vol. 7: Elder Songsters, 2, Various Artists (George Herod), 1956
no info Showcase, Lonnie Donnegan, 1956
no info EP, Lewis Family, 1959
info An Englishman Sings American Folk Songs, Lonnie Donegan, 1959
no info Harmonizing Four, Harmonizing Four, 1960
no info Nashville Sit-in Story, The, Songs and Scenes of Nashville Lunch Counter Desegregation, by the Sit-In Participants, Various Artists, 1960
no info We Shall Overcome: Songs of the Freedom Riders and the Sit-Ins, Various Artists (Montgomery Gospel Trio, Nashville Quartet, Guy Carawan), 1961
no info 37th Old-Annual Old-Time Fiddlers Convention at Union Grove North Carolina, Various Artists (Laurel River Band and Bascom Lamar Lunsford), 1962
no info Ding Dong Dollar: Anti-Polaris and Scottish Republican Songs, Various Artists, 1962
no info Best Of The Harmonizing Four, Harmonizing Four, 1963
no info Freedom Songs - Selma, Alabama, Various Artists, 1965
no info The Seekers, The Seekers, 1965
no info The Last Request, Ben Branch and Operation Breadbasket, 1968
no info FTA! Songs of the GI Resistance, Barbara Dane, 1970
no info Best Of Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi John Hurt, 1974
no info Essential, Pete Seeger, 1978
no info This Is The Spinners, The Spinners, 1980
no info Bluegrass Gospel, George Hamilton IV, 1982
no info Work Don't Bother Me - Old Time Songs From North Georgia, Various Artists (Gid Tanner Band), 1986
no info Rock A Beatin Boogie, Deep River Boys, 1986
no info The Complete Million Dollar Session: - December 4th 1956, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1987
no info Brighten The Corner, Ella Fitzgerald, 1991
no info Jazz Band Favourites, Chris Barber Jazz Band, 1991
no info Peace To The Neighbourhood, Pops Staples, 1992
no info Capitol Collectors Series, The Seekers, 1992
no info Sanders Theater Sing-A-Long, 1980 , Pete Seeger, 1992
no info Shame Shame Shame, Smiley Lewis, 1993
info Folk Song America, A 20th Century Revival, Vol. 3, Various Artists (Freedom Singers), 1994
no info Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966, Various Artists, 1997
info Songs You Know by Heart: Folk, Various Artists (Pete Seeger), 1998
info Where We Live, Various Artists (Pops Staples), 2003

Notes

Played by the Wildwood Boys at the Tangent in Palo Alto on February 23rd 1963.

The traditional song is I Shall Not Be Moved. This was adapted during the 30s as a protest song and renamed We Shall Not Be Moved. In the version performed by the Wildwood Boys the 'We shall not be moved' phrase is used in the chorus but otherwise the song is as the traditional song. Therefore The 'I Shall Not Be Moved' title is used here. The recordings listed above include versions of both songs.

The lyrics used by the Wildwood Boys are as follows;

We shall not, we shall not be moved,
We shall not, we shall not be moved,
Just like the tree standing by the water,
We shall not be moved.

Jesus is my saviour, I shall not be moved,
Jesus is my saviour, I shall not be moved,
Just like the tree standing by the water,
I shall not be moved.

We shall not, we shall not be moved,
We shall not, we shall not be moved,
Just like the tree standing by the water,
We shall not be moved.

(?), I shall not be moved,
(?), I shall not be moved,
Just like the tree standing by the water,
I shall not be moved.

We shall not, we shall not be moved,
We shall not, we shall not be moved,
Just like the tree standing by the water,
We shall not be moved.

We shall not, we shall not be moved,
We shall not, we shall not be moved,
Just like the tree standing by the water,
We shall not be moved.