Artist: Peter McKenna
I learned it from Adamah (Jewish Farming Fellowship) in 2014. 

Sung at a song circle on January 1, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
There is so much magnificence in the ocean
The waves are comin' in
Waves are comin' in

Part 2:
Wash me away
So that all that's left is love
Great Spirit

Part 3:
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Part 4:
Hallelu, Hallelujah (x3)

Magnificence (Peter McKenna)

Artist: David Dodson
I learned at Adamah (Jewish Farming Fellowship) in 2014. The song was brought to the Isabella Freedman community from Sylvestor Manor, an educational farm in upstate NY.

Sung at a song circle on July 20, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Farthest Field (David Dodson)

Artist: Unknown
I learned at Adamah (Jewish Farming Fellowship) in 2014 from Margot Seigle.

Sung at a song circle on March 16, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
River take me away
Away to the ocean

Part 2:
Take, take me away
Carry me away on your current

Part 3:
Won't you please take me away
To the ocean, oh river

River Take Me Away (Unknown)

Artist: Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band 
I learned at Adamah (Jewish Farming Fellowship) in 2014.

Sung at a song circle on January 1, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
When the world is sick
Can't no one be well
But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong

When The World Is Sick (Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band)

Artist: Laurence Cole
I learned at the 2017 Rewild Conference from Rose and Heron Brae.

Sung at a (mini) song circle on August 1, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
Trees grow slow
And trees grow strong
And trees sway with the wind
Their whole lives long

And trees hold the ground
As they reach for the sky
And fallen trees still feed the seeds
They cast before they die

Trees Grow Slow (Laurence Cole)

Artist: Unknown
I learned from Ilana Cloud in 2016 who learned it from Catherine and Jesse at the Wilderness Awareness School.

Sung at a song circle on November 17, 2018 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
I can feel my heartbeat
Beating to the rhythm of the freedom song
When I say yes to the beat in me, I can set my spirit free
When I say yes to the beat in you, I can see your light shine through

I Can Feel My Heart Beat (Unknown)

Artist: Meredith Buck
I learned from Marion of Sing Portland.

The story goes that Meredith Buck was at a retreat in the woods. The participants were led somewhere on the grounds, were then blindfolded, and had to find their way back by listening to the sound of drums being played. Part of the journey back was crossing the Eel River, and it was when Meredith was wading across that this song came to her.

Sung at a song circle on August 18, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
Listen (x4)

Part 2:
Lay yourself down on the rocks now
Let your body down in the river
Listen for the drumming on the other side
Lose yourself in the meantime

Part 3:
Listen
Let your body be your guide
Let the water decide
Lose yourself in the meantime

Eel River Chant / Listen (Meredith Buck)

Artist: Unknown
I learned at Adamah (Jewish Farming Fellowship) in 2014. The song was brought to the Isabella Freedman community from Cara Michelle Silverberg who learned it at The Art of Mentoring (a workshop from the Vermont Awareness School). **please correct me if I'm wrong about any of this info!

Sung at a song circle on April 13, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
Learn to live your life with all your heart, and
All your soul and all your mind, and
Love all humankind as you would love yourself

Part 2:
Learn to live your life
With all your heart
And all your soul and mind and 
Love all humankind

Part 3:
We've got happy lives to live
We've got open arms to give
We've got hope down deep inside
Because in love we do reside

Learn To Live Your Life (Unknown)

Artist: Karisha Longaker of MaMuse (low harmony added later by Thrive Choir)

Sung at a (mini) song circle on December 11, 2018 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
We shall be known by the company we keep
By the ones who circle round to tend these fires
We shall be known by the ones who sow and reap
The seeds of change, alive from deep within the Earth

It is time now
It is time now that we thrive
It is time we lead ourselves into the well
It is time now
And what a time to be alive
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love

We Shall Be Known (MaMuse, low harmony by Thrive Choir)

Artist: MaMuse
I learned at a MaMuse concert in August 2018.

Sung at a song circle on August 18, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
Findin' my way (x5)
Findin' my way back home
Findin' my way (x5)
Findin' my way back home

Part 2:
Oh river
I hear you feel you callin' me
Oh river
Who will I be when I reach the sea

Part 3:
I am, I am home
I am, I am home

Finding My Way / Oh River (MaMuse)

Artist: Aly Halpert

Sung at a song circle on June 22, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
Loosen, loosen, baby
You don't have to carry
The weight of the world in your muscles and bones
Let go, let go, let go

Part 2:
Holy breath, and holy name
Will you ease, will you ease this pain

Loosen, Loosen (Aly Halpert)

Artist: Chandler Yorkhall
I learned it from Sonrisa Alter.

Sung at a (mini) song circle on August 1, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
Full moon outside my window
This warm September night

Pulls me into wakefulness
Far too early

I'd rather be sleeping the day's
Already too long for me

I'll just wait
For dawn

Full Moon Round (Chandler Yorkhall)

Music: Miriam Margles
Words: Ary Solomon
I learned at Hava Nashira (singing retreat at OSRUI in Wisconsin) from Noam Katz. Original words are in Hebrew (zeh hayom asah adonai nagilah v'nis'm'cha vo) and have been changed (not a translation).

Sung at a song circle on July 20, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
Raise your eyes look up to the sky
Feel the rain as it falls down

*Note: I originally thought the music was by Noam Katz - thank you Baci Weiler for the correction!

Raise Your Eyes (Music: Miriam Margles, Lyrics: Ary Solomon)

Music: Orion Johnstone and Nehemiah Luckett
Lyrics: Based on the quote from Aboriginal activists in the 1970's:
"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound in mine, then let us work together." 

I learned from Orion and Nehemiah when they were in Portland leading workshops in spring 2019. They wrote the song on Mt. Tabor in Portland that week. (PS the picture for this track was taken on Mt. Tabor!)

Sung at a song circle on July 20, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
Then let us work together
Let us work together
O-o-o-oh
Let us work together

Part 2:
If you have come here to help me
You are wasting your time
O-o-oh
Let us work together

Part 3:
Let us work together
If you have come
Because your liberation is bound in mine
Let us work together

Let Us Work Together (Music: Orion Johnstone and Nehemiah Luckett, Lyrics: Aboriginal Activists)

Artist: Scott Kalechstein Grace
I learned from the IfNotNow soundcloud!

Sung at a song circle on July 20, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
I'm gonna let life move me
I'm gonna let life stir me deep
I'm gonna let life wake me from an ancient sleep
I'm gonna laugh all my laughter
I'm gonna cry all my tears
I'm gonna love the rain as deeply as the sun when it clears

Gonna Let Life Move Me (Scott Kalechstein Grace)

Artist: Ayla Nereo

Sung at a (mini) song circle on December 11, 2018 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
I feel the winds of the west, outbreath
Letting go of my leaves, all I do not need
Into the darkness of the fall sunset
I release, receive, getting ready for the 
Silence

Winds Of The West (Ayla Nereo)

Music: Unknown
Lyrics: Rabbi Shefa Gold (there is another verse in Aramaic from the Babylonian Talmud, same melody: brich rachamana, malkah d'alma, mar'ei d'hai pitah)
I learned at Adamah (Jewish Farming Fellowship) in 2014.

Sung at a (mini) song circle on January 22, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
You are the source of
Life for all that is
And your blessing
Flows through me

You Are The Source (Lyrics: Rabbi Shefa Gold, Music: Unknown)

Artist: Molly Hartwell
I learned from Thrive Choir's online videos.

Sung at a song circle on July 20, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
Put your roots down
Put your feet on the ground
You can hear the Earth sing if you listen (x2)

'Cuz the sound of the river
As it moves across the stones
Is the same sound as the
Blood in your body as it
Moves across your bones

Are you listenin'
Are you listenin'

Put Your Roots Down (Molly Hartwell)

Artist: Sol Yael Weiss

I learned this song from Sol at Let My People Sing 2019. They taught it during the trans/non-binary/queer mikveh just before we all jumped in.

Sung at a song circle on September 15, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
Great waters, great waters
Pour over me
For I am your child
Make me yours again

(Second verse:
Great waters, great waters
Pour over me
Heal my broken places
Make me whole again)

**Photo credit: Sarah Snyder!

Great Waters (Sol Yael Weiss)

Artist: Miner
I learned this song at Let My People Sing 2019.

Sung at a song circle on September 15, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
Let the wave wash over me
Let the wave wash over me
I am already under
Let the wave wash over me

Part 2:
There will be better days

**Photo credit: Sarah Snyder!

Let The Wave (Miner)

Artist: Kate Sutherland

I learned this song at Let My People Sing 2019.

Sung at a song circle on September 15, 2019 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Part 1:
When I am waiting out a storm
I come back to my breath
When I am waiting out a storm
I come back to my heartbeat

Part 2:
Mmm, madeo, madeo
Mmm, madeo, madeo-o

**Photo credit: Sarah Snyder!

Waiting Out A Storm (Kate Sutherland)

Artist: Coco Love Alcorn
I learned at Adamah (Jewish Farming Fellowship) in 2014. The song was brought to the Isabella Freedman community from Let My People Sing; Batya and Noam taught it, and they learned it from Lia at a morning water ceremony at Standing Rock.

Sung at a song circle on February 22, 2020 on Chinook land/Portland, OR.

Lyrics:
Water heal my body
Water heal my soul
When I go down, down to the water
By the water I feel whole

Water Heal My Body (Coco Love Alcorn)

Artist: Maggie Rogers

Lyrics:
Now that the light is fading,
Silver and purple at twilight,
Scenes of the day remain with us,
Bright as the fire is burning bright.

Blue as the sky above the lake,
And blue the water flowing,
White birch drooping on the shore
Her leaves of emerald glowing

The night is robed in spangled black
And soon we shall be sleeping.
Beyond the moon that rides on high,
The radiant dawn is creeping, creeping

Down through the leaves, the sunlight
Came in shafts of gold.
Now by the dying embers,
We watch the day grow old.

Photo credit: Allie Comet

Color Song (Maggie Rogers)

Artist: Saro Lynch-Thomason

Lyrics:
There are more waters rising
This I know, this I know
There are more waters rising
This I know
There are more waters rising
They will find their way to me
There are more waters rising
This I know, this I know
There are more waters rising
This I know

There are more fires burning...

There are more mountains falling...

I will wade through the waters
This I know, this I know
I will wade through the waters
This I know
I will wade through the waters
When they find their way to me
I will wade through the waters
This I know, this I know
I will wade through the waters
This I know

I will move with the fires...

I will rebuild the mountains...

*Note: Saro's lyrics are "I will walk through the fires" - I changed them to "I will move with the fires"

More Waters Rising (Saro Lynch-Thomason)

Lyrics: Modah Ani, a Jewish daily prayer/practice of gratitude. 
Music by Ary Solomon

Lyrics:
Modah, modah ani
L'fanecha
Ruach chai, ruach chai v'kayam
Ruach chai, ruach chai v'kayam

Modah Ani

Nigun (a wordless melody from the Jewish tradition) written on the banks of the Washougal River in so-called Washington state. Ancestral lands of the Cowlitz tribe and Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. From what I can tell, "Washougal" is a Native word meaning "rushing waters". If you have any other information about the original stewards of this land and river, please let me know!

Washougal Nigun

Music: Katie Hicks
Lyrics: Wendell Berry

I learned this song from Allie Comet who learned it from the Art of Mentoring.

Lyrics:
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark, go without sight.
And find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
And is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.

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