Let it go. Let it out.
Let it all unravel.
Let it free and it can be
A path on which to travel.

Teri's Album

'Let it go' by Michael Leunig and Suzann Frisk - all parts

Oh when your spirit flies
From this holy, sacred body 
May the path unfolding ‘fore you be clear
Oh and when you’re welcomed home
May the welcome bring rejoicing 
And may peace and love behold you evermore

When Your Spirit Flies

Amy Ringle

I learned this song from Maggie Wheeler of Golden Bridge Chorus. It's a call-and-response women's working song from Ghana that has traveled through singing and drumming circles worldwide. An easy teach and a joy to sing.

This song is in the public domain.

For more information, visit: http://thebirdsings.com/oleo

Oleo

OH RIVER (ALL Parts)

Re-Wild My Soul by Heather Houston

This beautiful chant poured through me one morning in a meditation on my sister's land in Northern WA. With Mt. Baker above me, Canyon Creek below me, sunshine, wind, eagles, vast sky and forest all around me, I went into a deep state of communion with the land and allowed this song to move through. It doesn't make grammatical sense entirely, but it's easier to teach this way. Enjoy!

Lyrics:

Oh river, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to flow with ease again I am ready, take me in.

Oh mountain, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to lift mine eyes again I am ready, take me in.

Oh eagle, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to fly so free again I am ready, take me in.

Oh vast sky, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to be spaciousness again I am ready, take me in.

Oh soft wind, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to be clear and cleansed again I am ready, take me in.

Oh sunshine, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to shine with warmth again I am ready, take me in.

Oh forest, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to trust this path again I am ready, take me in.

Oh mama, re-wild my soul Help me let go of control Show my heart how to beat with yours again I am ready, take me in.

To learn the individual parts to this song, please visit my Public Song Library:
https://heatherhoustonmusic.com/sisters-in-harmony-song-library/

©Heather Houston
All rights reserved

Re-Wild My Soul - All Parts

Evening Rise - Composer Unknown
Sung here in the key of B flat

As far as I can tell, this song is in the public domain. I have not been able to track down the composer. Please let me know if you have any information. 

To learn the individual parts to this song, please visit my Public Song Library:
https://heatherhoustonmusic.com/sisters-in-harmony-song-library/

An absolute favorite in my song circles and in my choir. The harmonies are hauntingly beautiful and easy enough to learn. It's very satisfying for everyone once they get all of the parts.

Evening Rise - All Parts - Key of B flat

This song is a great opener. Think of something you want to manifest in your life, sing this song and watch what happens.

Words and music by Debbie Nargi-Brown, shared with permission. These songs, like most in the library are designed for sharing freely in your circles. Please credit the songwriters when you share, and ask Debbie for permission to perform or record for profit.

For more information, please visit: https://thebirdsings.com/beopen/

Be Open by Debbie Nargi-Brown

This track is just the highest harmony by itself, once through the chorus. For the full song, visit: visit:
https://thebirdsings.com/hold-everybody-up/

Another powerfully infectious and uplifting song from the great Melanie DeMore. This one speaks to not leaving anyone behind, with nods to two of the great leaders of racial justice, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Madiba (Nelson Mandela).  The chorus of this song by itself is a quick and easy teach, and the song grows in complexity and beauty by adding the two high harmony parts to the choruses as well as two verses and a bridge.

Original song copyright Melanie DeMore. Recorded by Melanie DeMore with Lisa G. Littlebird in February, 2020.

For lyrics, individual voice part tracks and more, visit:
https://thebirdsings.com/hold-everybody-up/

Hold Everybody Up by Melanie DeMore

Love Don't Worry, 
Love Don't Worry, 
Perfect Love Casts out Fear 

inspired by 1 John 4:18 from somewhere deep in my childhood Bible brain ...." There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. "

Caught 2008ish? The melody is one I wrapped myself in to traverse the dark four flights of the mostly abandoned Lemp warehouses in STL to get to my art studio safely.   I was learning by doing, casting a circle, song medicine.  The echoes made everything epic. 

Here I am teaching it to the circle at Village Fire 2014, first ever call-and-response song leading. I burst out crying laughing when they sang the first line back. Total coming home moment.

pic: move in day at that studio?

Love, Don't Worry (Perfect Love Casts out Fear) <village fire remixX>

This song is based on a quote from poet and author Mark Nepo, used with permission: "To listen is to lean in softly with a willingness to be change by what you hear." It has been a sweet, heart-opening song in these times of division and fear. Lisa Littlebird featured this on her 2020 Songs for the World We Are Dreaming playlist. 

*Mark Nepo's words are used with permission

When Your Spirit Flies

Emma Koeppel

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