This beautiful song by Alexa Sunshine Rose was part of Lisa's 2020 The World We are Dreaming Playlist project. It is a tremendously soothing round, singing to the connections we are always weaving, between one another and between our own joy and shadow.

Lyrics and details about this song can be found at: https://thebirdsings.com/weaving-our-lives/

Weaving Our Lives by Alexa Sunshine Shelley-Rose

This is a practice track for an upcoming retreat.
Hope   by Debbie Nargi-Brown

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the Soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all" Emily Dickinson

Never, never never, never, never, never, never, never. never
Never give up, on hope

Hope is living in my Soul

HOPE

I am Remembering
individual author unknown

a simple, potent song which comes from Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village community. 

Arranged, performed + recorded by Britta GreenViolet, 2022.

I Am Remembering (Plum Village)

An awesome song for three voices by Meredith Buck, inspired by a wilderness workshop exercise she participated in where she had to cross a river blindfolded, following only the sound of a drummer on the other bank.

Eel River Song by Meredith Buck (Listen)

This one (chorus) came through in Northeast Missouri while singing with a couple people and (verses) in California outside the house I grew up in, standing at the foot of a great Monterey Cyprus tree (not a Redwood!) and watching some vines climb up the brick outside of the house.

Chorus:
Sister you are not too far holding
I need your strength to carry on

Verse 1:
Our bodies are bound like the vines on the side of a house somewhere deep in the heart of the earth

Verse 2:
Our roots intertwine like the Redwood tree somewhere deep in the soil in the soul of the earth

Sister, You Are Not Too Far for Holding

Wonderous Love

Simple Gifts : Amazing Grace

Oh boy, what a joy... meet your next favorite infectious and inspiring singalong.

Original song by Laurence Cole, with adaptations in the section section by Zan Moore & Glen Phillips. Lyrics by Thich Nhat Hahn. Brief mashup with Sly and the Family Stone's "If You Want Me to Stay".

Recorded by Glen Phillips & Lisa G. Littlebird.

For lyrics, parts, teaching notes and more, visit:
http://thebirdsings.com/presentmoment/

Dwelling In The Present Moment by Laurence Cole

Bele Mama - From Cameroon, in West Africa

This is a great ice-breaker of a song! The perfect opener. It gets your group singing in harmony in a matter of minutes. Possible meaning is "Mama come out and play!" When I first learned this, I learned that it was from the Torres Straight Islands and that it meant "Beautiful Earth." The more research I do, the more I find that it's actually from West Africa and has traveled and traveled far and wide. Enjoy!

This song is in the public domain
Arrangement by Heather Houston

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

Lyrics:

Bele mama, bele mama ee ay
Bele mama, bele mama ee ay
Bele mama, bele mama, bele mama, bele mama,
Bele mama, bele mama ee eh

Bele Mama - All Parts

This song came from a desire to sing words I wish to hear and feel more often. I often seek a deeper solace and remembering of life's safety and wellness, inside a world that so often feels so far from well. 

My wish with this song offering is that it be sung and shared not from a place of complacency, willful ignorance or false positivity... but from that deeper substrate of being that truly knows this life and world is safe to explore, safe to leave and safe to love.

Original song by Lisa G. Littlebird with beautiful guitar arrangement and recording by Zan Moore.

For lyrics, teaching notes, individual part tracks and more, visit: https://thebirdsings.com/alliswell/

All Is Well by Lisa G. Littlebird

If had to be stranded on a desert island with one mantra, this song would be it. This gem of music medicine landed in the voice of my dear friend and singing sister Lyndsey Scott, as she biked around the midwest. It's been changing lives and hearts ever since. 

Original song by Lyndsey Scott, recorded here by Lyndsey Scott and Lisa G. Littlebird. Lisa added the two harmony lines with Lyndsey's support and the arrangement is shared here with her blessing.  Melody and 1 and 2 are identical except for a little echo at the end of the song.

Lyrics, teaching notes and individual part tracks can be found at: http://thebirdsings.com/thewayknows/

The Way Knows the Way by Lyndsey Scott

Lisa G is a songcatcher. She holds a vision for a world where singing is once again an integral part of daily community life. May we use our natural human expression to open our hearts, share our challenges and celebrations and uplift our lives.

Lisa G. Littlebird is the director of the 80-member Wholehearted Chorus in Monterey and Big Sur, CA. She has been on the faculty as a community singing facilitator at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA since 2006. She is a singer, composer and teacher with more than 30 years of musical experience, facilitating community singing opportunities throughout California and beyond.  Learn more at http://thebirdsings.com.

The Way Knows the Way by Lyndsey Scott

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