I Will - Dodie Whitaker
Verses:
Well I don’t know where this road is leading
And I don’t know how I got here, Still
I shout in joy, for the voice I’m heeding
Says I know I will
I know I will

Now I don’t know where this body’s going
For the night is dark and I feel the chill
But I shout in joy ‘cause a warm wind blowing
Says I know I will
I know I will

Parts 1 & 2: I will I will I will I will I know I will
Bass: Will I will I will uh-huh I know I will
Descant: I will, yes I know I will. I will, yes I know

Dodie's Website: https://vox4change.com/
Photo by Jess Benjamin, taken at Let My People Sing! Summer Retreat 2023

I Will - Dodie Whitaker

Mahk jchi tahm buooi yahmpi gidi 
Mahk jchi taum buooi kan spewa ebi 
(x2)

Mahmpi wah hoka yee monk 
Tahond tani kiyee tiyee 
Gee we-me eetiyee 

Nanka yaht yamoonieah wajitse  (x2)

Heya heyaaa
Heya Howehe Yahhaaa
Heya Heya Heya
Howehe Howehe Howehe he he 

Song by Ulali

Translations:
Our hearts are full
and our minds are good.
Our ancestors come
and give us strength.
Stand tall, sing, dance
and never forget who you are
or where you come from.

Second Translation by Lawrence Dunmore:
A hundred years have passed
Yet I hear the distant beat of my father's drums.
I hear his drums throughout the land.
His beat I feel within my heart.
The drum shall beat
so my heart shall beat.
And I shall live a hundred thousand years.

MAHK JCHI

An easy-to-learn original song by Wholehearted Chorus member Michael Eagle song about supporting each other in community as we walk through life together.

For more information, visit: https://thebirdsings.com/on-my-journey/

On My Journey by Michael Eagle Song - ALL PARTS

Original song copyright Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter, Jim Molyneux, Kerry Andrew.

This amazing song of grief and hope was inspired by The Lost Words by Robert McFarlane &amp; Jackie Morris. The book began as a response to the removal of everyday nature words - among them "acorn", "bluebell", "kingfisher" and "wren" - from a widely used children’s dictionary, because those words were not being used enough by children to merit inclusion. But it grew to become a much broader protest at the loss of the natural world around us, as well as a celebration of the creatures and plants with which we share our lives.

Because the original song is so beloved by me and many, I re-imagined a new, quite different arrangement with guitar for Wholehearted Chorus in our 2024 season, Oh Grief, Oh Joy. (Note: this is not a traditional community singing song, as it has loads and loads of words, none of which repeat.)

For more information: https://thebirdsings.com/lost-words-blessing/

The Lost Words Blessing - Soprano

A high-energy song to inspire resilience in the face of life’s obstacles. This is one of Debbie Nargi-Brown’s first songs born during Covid and it inspires the joyful resilience she so embodies.

Original song copyright Debbie Nargi-Brown. Please ask the composer for permission before recording or performing for profit. Please support the artist by purchasing the original version on Bandcamp.

For more information: https://thebirdsings.com/roadblock/

Roadblock by Debbie Nargi-Brown - High Alto

Kosi R’vaya
My cup runneth over

Psalm 23
tune by Shefa Gold. 

recording by margot seigle, ilana lerman & michelle citrin around a campfire in the woods in mendham, nj
2016

Kosi R'vaya

Be Kind

This amazing layer song from Mackenzie Meyers Madrone is pure, empowering music medicine and a joy to sing. The song is built with several parts, with infinite ways of piecing them together for groups of different sizes and experience levels. In this arrangement for Wholehearted Chorus it has been arranged for six vocal parts, with parts 2 and 4 having fewer words and holding more of the drone parts in the song.

Song composed by and copyright Mackenzie Madrone. Arranged for Wholehearted Chorus with permission by Lisa G. Littlebird. Recording by Lisa G. Littlebird.

For lyrics, individual part tracks and more, visit: http://thebirdsings.com/storm-of-change/

Storm Of Change by Mackenzie Madrone

At the end of our Apprenticeship program in 2019, We had a marathon ceremony to sing the whole book from beginning to end. It was an incredible experience that took 37 hours and many cups...

We recorded it all for the sake of learning the songs and connecting to SOL spirit. The sounds of the forest are singing with us.

Song credit: Adrian Freedman

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Blessings to all beings !

38- SACRED FIRE

Open up your Heart 
To the universal Star  
Reduce yourself to a single point 
Of light inside your Heart  
 
Open up your mind 
To the light that shines from afar 
This Light is the Light of God 
Its the truth of who you are 
 
This Light is always burning 
The light of the Sacred Fire 
Reduce yourself to a point of Light  
And lift yourself up higher 
 
Give praise for the Sacred Fire 
The Sun the Moon and the Stars 
Give praise for the Queen of the Sacred Sea 
Mamae Iemanja’ 
 
The trees in the Sacred Forest 
Are breathing silently 
By the light of the rising Moon 
In peace and harmony 
 
Give praise for the Sacred Power 
That holds you in this life 
Give praise for the Sacred Flower 
This love will never die

38- SACRED FIRE

written on the 1st of Nissan, 5780 // March 26th, 2020

The words for this song come from Earthseed: The Books of the Living out of Octavia Butler's Parable series. At a time when so much is rapidly changing around us, her words feel more present than ever.  I sought to try and write a song to capture this, and opened the book to a part in the story where a community member passes without time to do a proper burial.  Instead, this prayer is offered.  May this song offer some support and solace in a moment where there is so much loss without the ability to come together and properly mourn.

As wind,
As water,
As fire,
As life

God is Change.

God 
Is both creative and destructive,
Demanding and yielding,
Sculptor and clay.

original text:
As wind,
As water,
As fire,
As life,
God
Is both creative and destructive,
Demanding and yielding,
Sculptor and clay.
God is Infinite Potential:
God is Change.

dedicating this song to Edith Louise Goldberg, a"h, who I did not have the privilege to know but was dear to many and took her life on the very day this song came to life. may her memory be a blessing.

As Wind, As Water

https://thebirdsings.com/fall2020-playlist/

To Listen is to Lean In Softly - Eoghan Carrick

JEWISH COMMUNAL SINGING FOR HEALING AND LIBERATION
Let My People Sing! is a cultural project expanding the ancient and transformative practice of Jewish communal singing. We gather in multi-racial, multicultural and genderful Jewish community, uplifting songs and leaders historically and ongoingly pushed to the margins. Together, we transmit and reclaim diasporic Jewish singing traditions, celebrate original music emerging from our communities, and create heart-centered gatherings where we can all be leaders and learners of song.

I Will - Dodie Whitaker

Let My People Sing!

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