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"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...
Print/export Download as PDF ... Now I lay me down to sleep is a Christian children's bedtime prayer ... As God has kept me through the night; And now I lift my voice ...
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ahead of Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, broadcast live from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev. ... features lyrics ...
The melody is also a “word painting,” with the music matching the lyrics. “Lift every voice and sing” is sung on an ascending line, as is “Let all creation rise.” The music also adopts ...
The post Andra Day to sing ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ at Super Bowl appeared first on TheGrio. Day is set to be the second to perform the hymn at the Super Bowl following Sheryl Lee Ralph in
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Seasonal Missalette (in either standard or revised text editions, large-print or standard-size print) People's Mass Book (2003 & 1984 Editions) Word & Song (published annually, ISSN 1938-4815) Voices as One, Vol. 1 (1998) Voices as One, Vol. 2 (2005) Celebremos/Let Us Celebrate (bilingual English/Spanish) One in Faith (2014)
Alicia Keys and Mary Mary have previously performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing” for the Super Bowl, though Ralph was the first Black woman to perform the ballad on the field before the game.