This song was born in the Many Glaciers Area of Glacier National Park. Full presence, beauty, connection.

Lyrics
Alpenglow, alpenglow x2

This, only this, this is everything x2

My heart is light, thank you for this life x2

Alpenglow - Sara Stutz

Soak It Up - Sara Stutz
This song landed recently with gusto on a rainy 7 a.m. puppy walk at Point Isabel.  I had been feeling very constricted, sad and shut down after too much media consumption of challenging national and world events.  I was feeling powerless and wanted to shift that dynamic.  I found it helpful and hope you do too!
(Recorded with permission at a small backyard gathering)

Lyrics (Zipper song, i.e. you can insert different words):
I don't want to live my life in fear, 
I want to (live my life in)_______________ (love, joy, integrity, song, dance with my friends etc.)
This part repeated 4 times
Oh, soak it up, soak it up
Oh, soak it up, soak it up
Oh, soak it up, soak it up
Oh, soak it up, soak it up
(during this part, you can soak up the intention and think about an intention you might want to insert)

Soak It Up - Sara Stutz

This song came through at dawn up at 1000 Island Lake.  A time of transition and trusting and receiving medicine from the mountains.
Lyrics:
Sun rises over the horizon

Reflections, on the lake, upside down

Let us see what time brings x 3, new possibilities

Each day a gift, each day a gift, each day a gift, of new possibilities

New possibilities, Sara Stutz

This song landed during a time of frantic activity and worry.  I wanted the solace that creating a song brings and there was nothing available.  Slowly, quietly, this medicine song emerged.

Breathe Deep - Sara Stutz

This song landed during an early morning dog walk.  The neighborhood trees were looking spectacular with most branches bare and glistening from the morning rain.  I was struck by the shape and variety of each tree, some with strong arms reaching upwards, others elongated like the lobes of a lung, alveoli and all, still others circled round, into heart-like shapes.  The connection was palpable and a love song was born.

Tree Love Song (Branch, Tree, Lungs, Heart)- Sara Stutz

This song was inspired by a songwriting prompt "The Taste of Home"  I was surprised by the melancholy the prompt brought to me..."what was the taste of home, where is my home, why am I so sad?"  I sat with the discomfort and this song dropped in and rang true.  

This song is an easy teach with a call and echo model, or you can sing in unison and choose to round the first verse.  I like to encourage harmonies in the response line.

The Sweetness Of The Wild - Sara Stutz

My little brother Eric died in Spring 2024.  I wanted to write something to sing graveside with my siblings.  I thought about what Eric would want to hear and what I would want sung for me and this song was born.

Feel free to substitute the person you are singing for (mother, father, sister, brother, love, person's name).  In a larger group, once the "we'll keep on weaving" portion gets going, people can speak or sing the names of their beloveds over the singing.

We’ll Keep On Weaving   (Hey Brother)

Lyrics:
1.   (call and response)  Here, right here, in this circle round, in this nest of love, we are here, right here.
2. (high) here, now, lay it down
3. (low) here, right here, lay it down, in this nest, lay it down.
4. (mid) here, now, lay it down

A meditative layer song of connection.  You can simplify this song by just teaching the first call and response layer.

This Nest of Love-Sara stutz

This is a quick to learn crowd pleaser with lyrics originating from two common activism chants:
1.  Show me what democracy looks like.  This is what democracy looks like.
2. The people, united, will never be defeated.

You can layer in many harmonies and stack the two verses as desired.

You can change the lyrics of this song, depending on the setting and situation.   (examples: show me what _______________ looks like - community, integrity, free speech, joy).

Show Me What Democracy (Community) Looks Like - Sara Stutz

This song emerged on a foggy early morning full of uncertainty and has been a balm to my soul.  Full of beautiful harmonies that are layered in, this is a consistent favorite in our song circles.  At the end, people are welcome to add their own harmonies for a richer finish.

Lyrics:
1.  New day rising, new day rising.
2. What will this new day bring, what will this new day bring and how, will I, receive it.
3. May I be open, may I be curious and ready.
4. (pause) May I be curious, may I be ready.

New Day Rising-Sara Stutz

This song is great to tap into when feeling overwhelmed - with - you know, the things that arn't great.  This song dropped in Spring 2025 - so much bad news, yet, in the early morning hours while walking Willow...so.much.beauty.  This song will keep you going!

Look at That (You Keep Me Going)-Sara stutz

This song beats deep in my heart "Tiny Hymns Sung By Birds, Sung By Dreams"  Gratitude for finding the works and wisdom of the Sadee Whip:
I carry bundles of
prayers in my
hands tiny
hymns 
sung by 
birds sung by
dreams I 
carry them
in case you
need 
this kind of 
prayer
I believe you do
I believe you do

I Carry Bundles Of Prayers In My Hands-Lyrics from poem by Sadee Whip, Melody Sara Stutz

A traditional Irish lullaby.  The Eagle’s Whistle Lullaby

Go to sleep now
Go to sleep now
Birdie nee, birdie nee
Go to sleep now
Go to sleep now
Birdie nee, birdie nee

Sho ho een, Sho ho een
Ei nee nee, Ei nee nee (ay nee nee)
Sho ho een, Sho ho een
Ei nee nee, Ei nee nee (ay nee nee)


West to Ardmore
With the birdie Nee, birdie nee
East to Dramor
With the birdie Nee, birdie nee
Down to the shore with the birdie nee, birdie
Over the fairy boat with the
Birdie nee, birdie

Lie down now, lie down now 
Yee small bird, yee small bird
Lie down now, lie down now 
Yee small bird, yee small bird

Sho ho een, Sho ho een
Ei nee nee, Ei nee nee (ay nee nee)
Sho ho een, Sho ho een
Ei nee nee, Ei nee nee (ay nee nee)


This Irish tune has been used in many ways over the centuries.  My Grandmother used to sing it to me and I sang it to my younger brothers when they were babies.  We also loved to listen to it on a Sam Hinton album:

Bob, Sam Hinton recorded this in 1961 on the LP "Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts" (Folkways FC 7530). The tune is the Irish "The Eagle's Whistle," but Hinton calls the song "The Eagle's Lullaby."

Here's what he says of it:

"Often you find a single tune being used for many different purposes. 'The Eagle's Whistle' used to be an Irish marching tune that was played on the bagpipes; later on, it became a fiddle tune used for dancing in the United States. The way it's used here is another Irish way of treating it - as a lullaby. It is supposed to represent a mother eagle singing to her babies in the nest. 'Ei-nee-nee' is an old Irish word for a little bird, and 'sho-ho-een' is just a quiet sound, to make a baby go to sleep."

A discussion from a site about origins of Irish Tunes – I love thinking  about it as a fairy tune!
A Fairy tune
The lyrics -and the entire song- have the mesmerising effect of a lullaby on me (perhaps because I’m not an infant being washed in ice-cold water!) Or simply because it is a fairy tune. Only dewdrops warmed by the morning sun seemed to have been used in the process!

Collected from James Kelly of Ballachrink, Ellan Vannin, by Mona Douglas.
‘He told Mona that he used to walk down by the farm stream in the early morning and would hear ‘Themselves’ singing this song as they washed their babies’







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