#1 BELLA CIAO

 
Oh we are women, and we are marching
Oh Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
We are marching for liberation
We want a revolution now!
 
Oh we are artists, and we are weaving
Oh Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao
We are weaving for liberation
We want a revolution now!
 
Oh we are children…dreaming
We are poets…we are singing…
We are lovers…longing
Mothers… caring…
Fathers…crying…
Workers…building…
Citizens…voting…

#2 HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING

 
My life flows on in endless song 
above earth’s lamentation
I hear the real though far off hymn
that hails a new creation
Thru all the tumult and the strife 
I hear the music ringing
 
It sounds an echo in my soul-
How can I keep from singing?
 
What though the tempest loudly roars, 
I hear the truth, it liveth
What though the darkness round me close, 
Songs in the night it giveth
No storm can shake my inmost calm 
When to that rock I’m clinging
Since Love is Lord of heaven and earth, 
How can I keep from singing? When tyrants tremble as they hear
The bells of freedom ringing
When friends rejoice both far and near 
How can I keep from singing? 
 
In prison cell and dungeon vile 
Our thoughts to them are winging
When friends by shame are undefiled-
How can I keep from singing?
 
I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin, 
I see the blue above it
And day by day this pathway clears,
Since first I learned to love it
The peace of God restores my soul,
A fountain ever springing
All things are mine since I am loved
How can I keep from singing?

# 3 STEP BY STEP

 
Step by step the longest march
Can be won, can be won
Many stones can form an arch
Singly none, singly none
 
And by union what we will
Will be accomplished still
Drops of water turn the mill
Singly none, singly none
 

#4 LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM

 
Last night I had the strangest dream
I’d ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed 
To put an end to war
I dreamed I saw a mighty room 
All filled with women and men
And the paper they were signing said 
We’d never fight again.
 
And when the paper all was signed
And a million copies made
They all joined hands and bowed their
heads
And grateful prayers were prayed
And the people in the streets below 
Were dancing round and round
And swords and guns and uniforms
Were scattered on the ground.
 
Last night I had the strangest dream
I’d ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed 
To put an end to war
 

#5 HEBREW SONGS OF PEACE

 
1. Od Yavo Shalom Aleynu (3) v’al kulam
Salaam aleynu v’al kol haolam salaam shalom
shalom aleynu v’al kol haolam shalom salaam
 

#6 OH GREAT SPIRIT

 
Oh Great Spirit
Earth Wind Fire and Sea
You are inside and all around me
 

#7 PEACE IS FLOWING LIKE A RIVER

 
(Worster and McKernon)
 
Peace is flowing like a river
Flowing out of you and me
Flowing out into the desert
Setting all the captives free.
 
Joy…Hope…Justice…Freedom…
Love…
 

#8 RETURN AGAIN

 
Return again, return again
Return to the land of your soul
(repeat)
 
Return to who you are
Return to what you are
Return to where you are
Born and reborn again
 
Return again return again
Return to the land of your soul
 

#9 IMAGINE

 
(John Lennon)
Imagine there’s no heaven, 
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today
 
Imagine there’s no countries 
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace
 
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope some day you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
 
Imagine no possessions,
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
Nor folks with empty hands
Imagine all the people sharing all the world..
 
You may say…
(verse by 5th grade students, Cornell School, Albany, CA)
Imagine that our leaders 
Would listen to our voices
And instead of riches
They cared about our choices
Imagine all the people 
Caring for the earth…
 

#10 DE COLORES

 
De colores, de colores 
se visten los campos en la primavera. 
De colores, de colores 
son los pajaritos que vienen de afuera.
De colores, de colores 
 
es el arco iris que vemos lucir.
 
Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores 
Me gustan a mi. (2x)
 
Canta el gallo, canta el gallo 
con el kiri, kiri, kiri, kiri, kiri.
La gallina, la gallina 
con el cara, cara, cara, cara, cara.
Los polluelos, los polluelos 
con el pio, pio, pio, pio, pi.
 
Y por eso los grandes amores de muchos colores me gustan a mi. (2x)
 
 

#11 SONG OF THE SOUL

 
(Chris Williamson)
Love of my life I am crying
I am not dying I am dancing
Dancing alone in the madness
There is no sadness
Only a song of the soul 
 
And we’ll sing this song
Why don’t you sing along
And we can sing for a long long time (repeat) 

What do you do for a living
Are you forgiving, giving shelter
Follow your heart love will find you
Truth will unbind you 
Sing out a song of the soul..
 
Come to your life like a warrior
Nothings will bore yer
You will be happy
Let in the light it will heal you
And you can feel you
Sing out a song of the soul…
 

#12 DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE

 
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside..
 
Make peace around the world….
Sing with love in my heart..
Bring those soldiers home again..
Say no to pre-emptive war…
Sing til the world is free…
 
 

# 13 CHANTS

 
The earth the air the fire the water
Return return return return (repeat)
We are a circle within a circle
With no beginning and never ending
Earth my body water my blood
Air my breath and fire my spirit 
 

#14 WE ARE A GENTLE ANGRY PEOPLE

 
(Holly Near)
We are a gentle angry people
And we are singing, singing for our lives (repeat)
 
We are a wounded healing people…
We are a many colored people.
We are a grieving, faithful people.
We are a peace loving people
 
 

#15 YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT

(Jimmy Cliff)

You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
You can get it if you really want
But you must try, try and try
Try and try
You’ll succeed at last
 
Persecution you must bear
Win or lose you got to get your share
Got your mind set on a dream
You can get it, tho hard it may seem
 
You can get it if you really want…
 
Rome was not built in a day
Opposition will come your way
 
But the harder the battle you see
It’s the sweeter the victory
 
You can get it if you really want… 
 
 

#16 THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

(Woody Guthrie)
 
This land is your land this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
 
As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land….
 
I’ve roamed and rambled I’ve followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands to her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land…..
 
When the sun came shining and I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting
This land…….
 
As I was walking I saw a sign there 
On the wall…it said “No Trespassing”
But on the other side it didn’t say nothing
That sign was made.
 
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people
By the relief office I see my people
As they stood there hungry I stood there asking
ISthis land made for you and me…….
 
Nobody living can ever stop me
As I go walking my freedom highway
Nobody living can make me turn back
This land was made for you and me
 
 

#17 This Land is Your Land 

 
(Esta es tierra)
 
Esta es tu tierra, esta es mi tierra
desde California hasta Nueva York.
Desde los bosques, hasta llos mares
esta tierra es tuya y mia tambien.
 
Cuando andaba por los caminos
vi alla en lo alto un cielo immenso
y mas abajo un valle extenso
esta tierra es tuya y mia tambien
 
Esta es tu tierra….
 
Por los caminos vi un letrero
que me decia: Aqui no pasas!
pero del otro lado, nada decia
Ese lado es tuyo y mio tambien…
 
Esta es tu tierra…
 
 

#18 WE ARE SENDING YOU LIGHT

(Melanie deMore)

We are sending you light

To heal you to hold you
We are sending you light
To hold you in love