How Can I Keep From Singing?

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Robert Wadsworth Lowry, 1868. Track 15 (bonus) of We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, 2006.

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Credits

• We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
  • Sam Bardfeld: violin
  • Jeremy Chatzky: upright bass
  • Larry Eagle: drums[?], percussion[?]
  • Charles Giordano: pump organ
  • Lisa Lowell: backing vocals
  • Ed Manion: saxophone[?]
  • Mark Pender: trumpet[?], backing vocals
  • Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg: trombone[?], backing vocals
  • Patti Scialfa: vocals
  • Soozie Tyrell: violin, backing vocals

Performances

Performed live 3 times (not including snippet performances). 2006-05-09 LSO St. Luke's, London, England 2006-05-08 Hammersmith Apollo, London, England 2006-05-07 Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England

Performances broken down by tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances) Performed at 0 show(s) of 130 on the 2023-25 International Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 266 on the Springsteen On Broadway run. Performed at 0 show(s) of 14 on the Summer '17 Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 75 on the The River Tour 2016. Performed at 0 show(s) of 33 on the High Hopes Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 133 on the Wrecking Ball Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 83 on the Working On A Dream Tour. Performed at 0 show(s) of 99 on the Magic Tour. Performed at 2 show(s) of 56 on The Seeger Sessions Tour. Performed at 1 known other show(s), plus 0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Album

Released on We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006).

On The Tracks

HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING?

2:20

WSO / WSO: AL

Note: Recorded on January 21, 2006 at the third of the three Seeger Sessions. Available on the bonus DVD of the original edition or, alternatively, on the later American Land CD edition of We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions.

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^{Studio Sessions: The Seeger Sessions}

Lyrics

How Can I Keep From Singing?

My life goes in endless song
Above earth's lamentation
I hear the real, though far off hymn
That hails the new creation

What through the tempest loudly roars
I hear the truth, it liveth
What through the darkness round me close
Songs in the night it giveth

When tyrants tremble, sick with fear
And hear their death-knell ringing
When friends rejoice both far and near
How can I keep from singing

No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that rock I'm clinging
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
How can I keep from singing

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