“We Shall Not Be Moved” is the Royal Peace Song of the Day for Wednesday, October 5th. Duchess Susanna would like to dedicate this song to the folks who will be moving and marching in NYC today. You can find the full lyrics, and added verses, and some verses in Spanish, in the Rise Up Singing songbook on page 260.

Below is a video of this song, performed at Day 16 of Occupy Wall Street. Peter Yarrow led the group, on a day that also included inspiration from Democracy Now! journalist Amy Goodman.

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Some lyrics for “We Shall Not Be Moved”

Chorus:

We shall not, we shall not be moved
We shall not, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
We shall not be moved

For the union is behind us, we shall not be moved
For the union is behind us, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree…

We are young and old together, we shall not be moved
We are young and old together, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree…

And, a verse that Pater Yarrow sang at Occupy Wall Street:

All we want is equity, we shall not be moved
All we want is equity, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree…

Today, Wednesday, October 5, 2011, the demonstrators from Occupy Wall Street, a contingent of unions, and students walking out of class from many CUNY schools, will join together to march in solidarity to Foley Square. Info at OccupyWallSt: here