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A

Aad Guray – Kundalini Yoga Mantra
Abiyo Abayo – Aboriginal Australian
Abre La Puerta – Glen Phillips
Adios Amigos – a camp song learned in Wales
Aiyyo (Osei Iyyo) – Ghana
All About My Plan (Genuine Grief) – Kaitie Ty Warren
All I Gotta Do/Heart Open Wide – Jane Green and Karly Loveling; arr Kaitie Ty Warren
All One Heart – Melanie DeMore
All Shall Be Well (Force of Love) – Penny Stone, Julian of Norwich
Amahoro – Rwanda
Amazing Grace – John Newton; arrangement by Steven Hatfield, Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell, and Maggie Wheeler
Ancestor Sky People – Harmony Grisman, words by Misha Saez
Angel Wash – Aimeé Ringle, Mia (Aimee) Kelly, Saphir Lewis, Rafe Pearlman
Arriving – Deborah Leeds
Auld Lange Syne – Scots/English, original melody; words Robert Burns, Arr. Melanie Hayes

B

Bambelela – the JL Kwane Memorial Church community, South Africa
Be Like Water – Sara Stutz
Be Open – Debbie Nargi-Brown
Be Peace – Deborah Leeds
Because You Are You, I Am Me – Kaitie Ty Warren
(M)Bele Mama – 3-4 part round from Camaroon
Belong – Mo Washburn
Bismillah – Arabic Round, traditional words, melody creator unknown
Breathe Deep – Sara Stutz
(Breathe In/Breathe Out) Meditation on Breathing – Sarah Dan Jones
Buds of Spring – Glenn Turner and Hope Athearn
By Breath – Sara Thomsen, arr. Denis Donnelly
By Your Side – Deborah Leeds

C

Catch and Release – Deborah Leeds
Chant to Nana – Heather Houston (Yoruba tradition)
Cherry Tomato – Sara Thomsen, arr. Kaitie Ty Warren
Cho Kurima Woye – Zimbabwe
Circles of Protection – Heather Houston
Come Come Come (Little Piece of Light) – Jes Karper
Come, Come, Whoever You Are – from Coleman Barks’ translation of Rumi
Community Song (Because You Are You, I Am Me) – Kaitie Ty Warren
Contemplation Chant – Sophia Songhealer
Cost of Freedom – Stephen Stills, arranged by Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell, rearranged by Kaitie Ty Warren
Courage, My Love – Lydia Violet Harutoonian

D

Dark Times – Alexandra Blakely (and Bertolt Brecht)
Djun Djun – Karen Porkka
Do The Best You Can – Laurence Cole (with words from Maya Angelou)
Do Better – Dodie Whitaker (with words from Maya Angelou)
Dona Nobis Pacem – Latin text from the Agnus Dei
Don’t Go Yet – Kaitie Ty Warren
Don’t Let The Light Go Out/We’re Not in Control (Mikey Mashup) – Mashup by Kaitie Ty Warren from two Mikey Pauker songs
Dosewallips River Love Song – Gretchen Sleicher
Down to the Well – Sarina Partridge

E

E Malama – Bryan Kessler, Sharee Anderson, Mark Anderson (Hawaiian, English, hula style movements)
Earth My Body/Tierra Mi Cuerpo – Unknown/Lili Worona
Ease Up The Reins – Adham Rolland
Eel River – Meredith Buck (both Vanessa Richards’ arrangement and the original)
Even When I Make Mistakes – Earth Practice
Evening Rise – Unknown
Every Fall – Earth Practice
Everything is Changing – Kaitie Ty Warren

F

Feel a Lot Better (When I Sing) – Bill Henderson, arr. Denis Donnelly
Friends – Moira Smiley
For Our Homes – Kaitie Ty Warren
Force of Love (All Shall Be Well) – Penny Stone, Julian of Norwich

G

Gaia (A New Day Is Here)– Chloe Goodchild
Gam Ganesha – Kaitie Ty Warren
Gather Your Courage – Coco Love Alcorn/The Courage Collective
Get It Done – Kaitie Ty Warren
Genuine Grief (All About My Plan) – Kaitie Ty Warren
Gently Gentling – Deborah Leeds
Go Singing – Molly Hartwell
Going Up On The Mountain – Jody Stecher
Gonna Work On Justice – Eileen Hazel
Goodnight, Bunnies – Bunny Oreo, David Mansfield, Kaitie Ty Warren
Grace Lives – Deborah Leeds
Grammah Easter’s Lullaby – Pura Fe
Guru Mantra – Kaitie Ty Warren (Sanskrit, the Guru Maha Mantra)

H

Happy Birthday – Tom Chapin (Franz Lehar)
Hangaiwa – Shona language, Zimbabwe
Heart Wide Open – Lea Morris
Hearts and Voices – Sara Stutz
Helele Mama – Zulu language, South Africa Mbube song, arr. Emile Hassan Dyer
Here is My Home – Si Kahn
High Desert – Kaitie Ty Warren
Hine Ma Tov – Traditional Hebrew Round
Hineini (Here I Am) – Kaitie Ty Warren
Hope Lingers On – Lissa Schneckenburger of Low Lily
How’s About – Ma Muse
How Can I Know – Laura Sandage
How You Gonna Be? – Ilana Lowe
How Lucky Are We – Sara Stutz
How Shall We Come Together – Maggie Wheeler, arr. Kaitie Ty Warren
How You Gonna Be – Iliana Lowe
Humble (Yourself) – Chhaya I-chèle, AKA I-chele Greentree
Humbly – Laurence Cole
The Hundred of Bunnies – Bunny Oreo, arr. David Mansfield and Kaitie Ty Warren

I

I Am Me – Paul Barton
I Can Be Peace – Shawna Carol
I Celebrate Me – Laurie Olson
I Feel Like Going On – Bishop Andre Woods
I Have Not Come Here Alone – Peace Poets
I Release Control – Alexa Sunshine Rose
I Rise Up – Beautiful Chorus
I Wanna Dance With You – Kaitie Ty Warren
I Wanna Listen – Juliana Zarzycki
I Wonder (How Easy) – Heather Houston
If I Say Yes – Joe Crookston
I’m Letting Go – Karly Loveling
I’m Still Alive – Kaitie Ty Warren
In The Light Of Love – Deva Premal and Miten, arr. Brian Hoover
In This Circle – Joan McMillan
In This Heart – Sinéad O’Connor, arr. Denis Donnelly
Inner Garden – Sara Stutz, Rosmerry Wahtola Trommer
(Resilient Flame)/Invincible Summer – Samara Jade
Invisible Threads – Emma Mutter
It Begins (Morning Time/Choir Time) – Kaitie Ty Warren
It’s In Every One of Us – David Pomeranz
It Is Time To Sleep – Carolyn Knight
It’s Okay (If You’re Not Okay) – Kira Seto
It’s the Best (Singing with You) – Kaitie Ty Warren
It’s Up To Me – Faye Adinda

J

Jewels – Barbara McAfee
Jikeleza/Throw Catch – South African, by Sikhumbuzo Tshona, arr. by Sharon Durant

K

Keep On Moving Forward – Pat Humphries
Keep Walking – Lyndsey Scott
Keep Your Mind on Love – Kaitie Ty Warren
Kinder – Copper Wimmin
(Kude Ku Kuru) Meli E – John Bowker

L

Laula – Estonian, traditional
Lead With Love – Melanie DeMore
Let It Be Okay (Tuesday) – Kaitie T Warren
Let It Go – Michael Leunig’s words (and unknown composer)
Let Me Call You Sweetheart – Leo Friedman and Beth Slater Whitson
Let the Way Be Open – Abby Spinner McBride
Let Us See the Beauty – Laurence Cole, Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Lift Me Up – Karly Loveling
Light and Darkness – unknown
Lingmarra – Aboriginal Australian (arr. Balang T.E. Lewis)
Listen To Your Heart – Susie Ro Prater
Long Time Traveler – Elder Edmund Dumas (arr. Wailin’ Jennys)
Loosen – Aly Halpert
Lost Words Blessing – Spell Songs
Love Is Love Is Love Is Love – Abbie Betinis
Love Flows In – Roberta Kirn
Love Like Water – Heather Pierson
Love/Life (God) Prepare Me – Unknown
Love Mashup – Deborah Leeds

M

Mama’s Lament (What Do I Do With This Hour?) – Kaitie Ty Warren
May I Be an Instrument of Peace – the St. Francis Prayer
May It Be – Eithne ni Bhraonain (Enya), Nicky Ryan, and Roma Ryan, arr. Denis Donnelly
May There Always Be Sunshine/Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu – Mashup arr. by Kaitie Ty Warren
May This Be an Opening – Gretchen Sleicher
Mbele Mama – 3-4 part round, Camaroon
Meditation on Breathing (Breathe In/Breathe Out) – Sarah Dan Jones
Meli E (Kude Ku Kuru) – John Bowker in the Bata/Mbuti style
Mere Gurudev – arr. Krishna Das
Mochinumba – Nigeria
The Monday Morning Song – Heather Houston
(Monument to Courage) now known as Courage, My Love – Lydia Violet Harutoonian
Move On – Karly Loveling
My Eyes Are Opened – Kirsty Martin, using words by e.e. cummings
My Grandfather (Where the Water Goes) – Kaitie Ty Warren

N

Nanila – Georgian Folk Song
New Day Rising – Sara Stutz
Ning Yeda – Dagbani language, northern Ghana
Nissa Nissa – Seneca Nation, Grandmother Moon
Not Mine To Control – Kaitie Ty Warren

O

O Water – Kaitie Ty Warren
Ocean Chant – Lizzie Karr, arr. Kaitie Ty Warren
Od Yavo Shalom Aleinu – Mosh Ben-Ari
Oh River – Karisha Longaker (Ma Muse)
Old Bone Mother – Eileen Hazel
Old Coat – Paul Kaplan
Ole O – A call to work song from Ghana
Om Ah Hum – Tibetan Buddhist, taught to us by Evelie Delfino Såles Posch
One By One – Michael Stillwater
One More Step – Joyce Poley
One More Time – Rev. James Moore (adapted by Tony Backhouse)
One Thing – Kele Nitoto
One Village – Maggie Wheeler
One Voice – The Wailin’ Jennys
Oseh Shalom – Debbie Friedman
Osei Iayyo (Aiyyo) – Prayer to the Rising Sun from Ghana
Owl Moon – Bruce O’Brien, using words by Jane Yolen
Oxygen – Rev. Wendy Luella Perkins, arranged by Lea Morris

P

Pigogo – South Africa
Power of Kindness – MaMuse
Promise Me – Kaitie Ty Warren
The Protection March – Kaitie Ty Warren and Sara Stutz, inspired by Melanie DeMore
Put Down Your Worries – Sway/Elijah Lee Smith and the CCLT 2023 Cohort

Q

(What a) Queer Bird – unknown (likely from the U.S.)

R

The Rain Song – Mark Growden
Redraw the Boundaries – Kaitie Ty Warren
Regret (Delete/Believe) – Kaitie Ty Warren
Resilient Flame/Invincible Summer – Samara Jade
(Sometimes Plants:) Rest and Rise – Kaitie Ty Warren
Rest, Child – Kaitie Ty Warren
Rising Strong – Heather Houston
The River – Coco Love Alcorn
River, Roll It Away – Shireen Amini
Road Block – Debbie Nargi-Brown
The Road is Calling – unknown

S

Safe Here – Kaitie Ty Warren and Amanda West
Saiwela – Limpopo region
Sanctuary – Sara Stutz
Sansa Kroma – Akan language, Ghana
Savoleyo – Laboratorium Piesni
Senzenina – South African anti‐apartheid folk song
Senwa De Dende – Ghana
Share the Journey – Katie Sontag
Shosholoza – South African, Zimbabwe (and Gumboot Dance inspired by Maggie Wheeler’s choreography)
Shine On – Helen Yeomans
Simple Praise of Trees – Gretchen Sleicher
Sing About It – The Wood Brothers
Slow Down – Kaitie Ty Warren
Soak It Up – Sara Stutz
Sometimes Plants: Rest and Rise – Kaitie Ty Warren
Somewhere to Begin – T.R. Ritchie
Song Cycle (Softer Now) – Kaitie Ty Warren
Sporing Song – The People’s Echo
Stand in that River – Moira Smiley
Standing Stone – Melanie DeMore
Stay With My Bones – Kaitie Ty Warren
Still, Small Voice – Sara Stutz
Što Mi E Milo – Macedonian, Bulgarian Folk Song
The Storm – Lotus Dickey, arr. and body rhythms by Evie Laden
Strand by Strand – Ma Muse
Summons – Ahlay Blakely, based on a poem by Aurora Levins Morales
Sun Arise – Rolf Harris
Surrender (Stop Struggling) – Kaitie Ty Warren

T

T’Dumela/We Are One – Brian Abrahams/Roxane Smith
Tending the Spark – Heather Houston, body rhythms by Kaitie Ty Warren
Thank You Land – Valerie Osborne with Juliana Murphy
Thank You, Songs – Kaitie Ty Warren
This (Body) – Becky Reardon
This Fire – Laurence Cole
This is the End of the Day (Everyone You Love is Okay) – Kaitie Ty Warren
This is Home – Sophia Efthimiou
Thula Baba – a South African Lullaby
Thuli Thuli – Namibia, Botswana
(It Is) Time to Sleep – Carolyn Knight
Time Will Tell – Kaitie Ty Warren
To Call Myself Beloved – Kate Munger, using words by Raymond Carver
Together Mashup – Kaitie Ty Warren (Multiple Artists)
Trees Grow Slow – Lawrence Cole
Tree Love Song (Branch, Tree, Lungs, Heart) – Sara Stutz
Tue Tue – Ghana (Akan)
(Tuesday) Let It Be Okay – Kaitie Ty Warren
Turn the World Around – Harry Belafonte
Two Candles Bright (Holding Song/I Don’t Know If I Can Hold This Alone) – Ian Carrick

U

Uyai Mose – Alexander Gondo (Shona, Zimbabwe)

V

Valentine – Emma Mutter
Vamudara – a Shona Shangara Story Song (Zimbabwe)

W

Walk a Mile – Rebecca Spalding
Walk With Me – Maggie Wheeler
Watch Over Them (Eric’s Song) – Sara Stutz
(O) Water – Kaitie Ty Warren and Nik Warren
Water is Life (Mni Wiconi) – Sara Thomsen
The Way – Lyndsey Scott
We Are Created by Sound – Alexa Sunshine Rose
We Are Here (Chant) – Fox Rhett, Vadan Ritter, Kaitie Ty Warren, Arasa Maram, Sara Stutz
We Are Here In Our Bodies – Jenn Turner
We Are The Light (Winter Song) – Ellen Rockne
We Shall Be Known – Karisha Longakre, arr. Ma Muse
Weaving Our Lives – Alexa Sunshine Rose
Welcome In – Sarina Partridge
What a Queer Bird – unknown, USA 1920s
When I Need You – Sara Stutz
Winds of the West – Ayla Nereo
Windy Weather (Duck and Cover) – Kaitie Ty Warren
Worlds End – Kaitie Ty Warren
Woyaya (We Are Going/We Keep Going) – Osibisa, Annie Masembe, with ASL