Rapid Response Choir

We Shall Not be Moved / No nos Moveran

Performance hints: Pitch: E

We shall not, we shall not be moved
We shall not, we shall not be moved
Like a tree that's planted by the water
We shall not be moved

No,no, no nos moverán!
No, no, no nos moverán
Como un árbol firme junto al rio
No nos moverán

We're on the road to justice,
we shall not be moved ...

Unidos en la lucha, no nos moverán
Unidos en la lucha, no nos moverán
Como un árbol firme junto al rio
No nos moverán

[interim verses]
We’ll ground Avelo Airlines, we shall not be moved…
We’ll shame collaborators, we shall not be moved…
Fighting for the climate, we shall not be moved…
Federal Workers Matter, we shall not be moved…
We will win together, we shall not be moved...

[Last verses]
We shall not, we shall not be moved...

No, no, no nos moverán...

Credits: African American Spiritual
Notes: The origins of this song are unclear. Some believe it was a Spiritual from the days of slavery. It eventually appeared in hymnals as "I Shall Not Be Moved". During the labor movements of the 1940s and 50s, it was changed to "We Shall Not Be Moved" and used this way, with changing verses, in many protest movements worldwide to the present.