#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 singingÉ
We are lovers...longing
Mothers... caringÉ
Fathers...cryingÉ
Workers...buildingÉ
CitizensÉvotingÉ
#2 HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING
My life flows on in endless song
above earthÕs 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 IÕm 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
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
IÕd 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
WeÕd 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
IÕd 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.
JoyÉHopeÉJusticeÉFreedomÉ
LoveÉ
#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
#9
IMAGINE
(John Lennon)
Imagine thereÕs no heaven,
ItÕs easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today
Imagine thereÕs no countries
It isnÕt hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace
You may say IÕm a dreamer
But IÕm not the only one
I hope some day youÕll 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 earthÉ
#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.
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 weÕll sing this song
Why donÕt 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 warÉ
Sing til the world is freeÉ
# 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
YouÕll
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
Rome was not
built in a day
But the
harder the battle you see
ItÕs the
sweeter the victory
You can
get it if you really wantÉ
#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 landÉ.
IÕve roamed and rambled IÕve followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands to her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This landÉ..
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 landÉÉ.
As I was walking I saw a sign there
On the wallÉit said ÒNo TrespassingÓ
But on the other side it didnÕt 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
IS this land made for you and meÉÉ.
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
#19 QUITE EARLY MORNING
(Pete Seeger)
Well you know itÕs darkest before the dawn,
And this thought keeps me
moving on.
If we could heed these
early warnings,
The time is now, quite
early morning.
(Repeat last 2 lines).
They say that mankind
wonÕt long endure,
But how can they be so
doggone sure.
I know that you who hear
my singing.
Will keep those freedom
bells aÕ ringing.
And so we keep on while
we live.
Until we have no more to
give.
And when these fingers
can strum no longer,
Hand my guitar to young
ones stronger.
They say itÕs darkest
before the dawn,
And this thought keeps me
moving on.
Through all this world of
joy and sorrow,
We still can have singing
tomorrows.
Repeat first verse.
# 20 CIRCLE ROUND
(Linda
Hirschhorn)
Circle round for freedom,
Circle round for peace
Circle for the planet,
Circle for each soul
For the children of our children,
Keep the circle whole
#21 MAGIC PENNY
By Malvina Reynolds
CHORUS
Love (Peace) is something if you give it away,
give it away, give it away,
Love (Peace) is something if you give it away,
you end up having more.
ItÕs just like a magic penny, hold it tight
and you wonÕt have any.
Lend it, spend it, and youÕll have so many,
theyÕll roll all over the floor.
MoneyÕs dandy and we like to use it,
But love is better if you donÕt refuse it.
ItÕs a treasure and youÕll never lose it,
Unless you lock up the door.
So letÕs go dancing til the break of day,
And if thereÕs a piper we can play,
ÔCause love (peace) is something if you give it
away,
YouÕll end up having more.
Words: Gloria Steinem, Music: Kate Munger
One day an
army of gray haired women
Will quietly
take over the earth.
#23Unreasonable
Women- A Modest
Proposal
(Dedicated to the Indigenous Women
of Nigeria who took on Chevron and
wonÉBetsy Rose)
If the news gets too depressing
And you feel you canÕt go on
Take off your clothes
Take off your clothes
And circle the Pentagon
If the government annoys you
And you donÕt know what to do
Take off your clothes
Take off your clothes
And circle the White House too!
If the congress acts like lemmings
And you just can¹t make them
hear
Take off your clothes
Take off your clothes
And dance around in their chairs
If the women of Nigeria
Could shame the big oil boys
LetÕs take off our clothes
Take off our clothes
And take away all their toys
I ainÕt afraid of your Allah
I ainÕt afraid of your Jesus
I Ôm afraid of what you do
In the name of your God
I ainÕt afraid of your churches
I ainÕt afraid of your temples
I ainÕt afraid of your praying
I Ôm afraid of what you do
In the name of your God
Rise up to your higher power
Free up from the fear it will devour
you
Watch out for the ego of the hour
The ones who say they know it
Are the ones who will impose it on
you
I ainÕt afraid of your Bible
I ainÕt afraid of your Torah
I ainÕt afraid of your Koran
I Ôm afraid of what you do
In the name of your God
Rise up and see a higher story
Free up from the gods of war and
glory
Watch out for the threats of
purgatory
The spirit of the wind wonÕt make a
killing
Off of sin and Satan
I Ôm afraid of what you do in the
name of your God
#25 CARRY IT HOME
(Betsy Rose)
Carry it home to your
children,
Carry it out on the
street.
Carry it on to the ones
you love,
And on to the ones you
meet.
Carry it light on your
shoulder,
Carry it deep in your
soul.
For we have been blessed
with magic,
And itÕs magic that makes
us whole.
(Betsy Rose)
I sing for the mothers all over the
earth
For their power, for their love
I ache for the mothers all over the
earth
For their sorrow for their love
May their broken hearts be cradled
May their righteous anger be heard
I pray for justice and healing
For all of the mothers
All over the earth
I sing for the mothers who stand in
the square
I sing for the mothers in
AfghanistanÉ
I sing for the mothers in the Middle
EastÉ
I sing for the mothers of soldiers at
warÉ
Who live in IraqÉ.
#27 BREAK ÔEM ON DOWN,
(Harmony Grisman)
Break Ôem on down,
Break Ôem on down,
Break Ôem on down,
these walls between us. (Repeat)
Break Ôem on down,
Break Ôem on down
These walls between us.
Break Ôem on down.
Break Ôem on down,
these walls, these walls,
these walls between us.
#28 LET THERE
BE PEACE ON EARTH
Let there be peace on earth and
let it begin with me
Let there be peace on earth,
the peace that was meant to be
With Love as Our Creator, family all are we
Let us walk with each other in
perfect harmony
Let
peace begin with me
Let this be the moment now
With every step I take,
Let this be my solemn vow
To take each moment and
Live each moment in peace eternally
Let there be peace on earth and
Let it begin with me.
#29
WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH MY MIND
(Stayed
on Freedom)
Woke up this
morning with my mind
Stayed on
freedom (3X)
Hallelu,
Hallelu, Halleluia
WalkinÕ and
talkinÕ with my mind....
Singing and
praying with my mind..
(Jose-Luis Orozco)
Paz, queremos paz
Y libertad en este mundo (sing twice)
Para los ni~nos de todo el mundo
Queremos paz y libertad (2x)
Paz, queremos paz...
Ya no mas hambre ya no mas guerra,
queremos paz y libertad (2x)
Paz, queremos paz..
.
Para los pobres y los ancianos,
queremos paz y libertad (2x)
Paz, queremos paz...
#31 PEACE BE WITH YOU
Peace be
with you
And with you
be peace (repeat)
La Paz sea
contigo
Contigo sea
la paz (Spanish)
Shalom
aleichem
Aleichem
shalom (Hebrew)
As-salaam
aleikhum
Waleikhem
as-salaam...(Arabic)
Mir nek bude
tebi
Nek tebi
bude mir... (Serbian/Croatian)
#32 SONG OF PEACE
(Finlandia)
A song of peace for lands afar and
mine
This is my home the country where
my heart is
Here are my hopes my dreams my
holy shrine
But other hearts in other lands are
beating
With hopes and dreams as true and
high as mine
My countryÕs skies are bluer than the
ocean
And sunlight beams on cloverleaf and
pine
But other lands have sunshine too,
and clover
And skies are everywhere as blue as
mine
O hear my song thou God of all the
nations
A song of peace for their land and for
mine.
#33 WEÕRE GONNA SIT
AT THE WELCOME TABLE
IÕm gonna sit at the welcome table
IÕm gonna sit at the welcome table
One of these days Halleluia (repeat)
IÕm gonna walk the streets of glory...
IÕm gonna sing and shout for freedom.
All kinds of people round that table...
No fancy style at the welcome table...
WonÕt be no fighting Ôround that
table..
Open up the doors around that table...
Tear down the walls built Ôround that
table...
Justice and peace around that table...
WeÕre gonna join hands round that
table
#34 WE
SHALL NOT BE MOVED
We shall
not, we shall not be moved
We shall
not, we shall not be moved
Just like a
tree thatÕs standing by the water
We shall not
be moved
WeÕre
singing for our freedomÉ
WeÕre
singing for our childrenÉ
Fighting for
the homelessÉ
Young and
old togetherÉ
Black and
white togetherÉ
Gay and
straight togetherÉ
On the streets
of BerkeleyÉ
(We Shall
Not Be Moved )
No, no, no
nos moveran
No, no, no
nos moveran
Como un
arbol firme junto al rio
No no nos
moveran
Unidos en la
lucha, No nos moveran
Unidos en la
lucha, No nos moveran
Como un
arbol firme junto al rio
No nos
moveran
Unidos en la
huelga, No nos moveran
Unidos en la
huelga, No nos moveran
como un
arbol firme junto al rio
No nos
moveran
#36 SOON I WILL BE DONE
(African-
American Spiritual)
1)Soon I
will be done with the troubles of
the world
The troubles
of the world
The troubles
of the world
Soon I will
be done with the troubles of the world
Going home
to live with God
2) No more
weepin and a wailin (3X)
Going home
to live with God
#37 DIE GEDANKEN
SIND FREI
Die Gedanken sind frei, my thoughts freely
flower,
Die Gedanken sind frel, my thoughts give me power.
No scholar can map them. no hunter can trap them,
No one can deny.
Die
Gedanken sind frei (repeat this line)
So I think as I please, and this gives me
pleasure.
My conscience decrees this right I must treasure.
My thoughts will not cater to duke or dictator,
No one can deny.
Die
Gedanken sind frei.
And if
tyrants take me and throw me in prison,
My thoughts will burst free, like blossoms In season
Foundations will tumble, the structure will crumble,
But free people cry.
Die
Gedanken sind frei!
# 38
ONE OF US CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Judy
Fjell
One of us
can make a difference
Two of us
form a committee
Three of us
start a movement
And the
world is bound to change
One, two,
three,
Loving
thoughts and positive actions
One two
three oh,
the world is
bound to change
One two three
Loving
Positive
action
One two
three and
The world is
bound to
change
change change
LO
YISA GOY
And evÕry one Ôneath their vine and fig tree
Shall
live in peace and unaftraid
And
into plowshares turn their swords,
Nations
shall learn war no more
Love
for thy neighbor and love for the
Lord
thy God
Lo
yisa goy el goy cherev,
Lo
yilmedu od milchama
Where oh where has our
common sense
gone,
Oh where, oh where can it
be?
We think that war will
make us strong,
Oh, where is our sanity?
#42 ALL THAT WE DO NOW
Words of Hopi Elders, music: Kate Munger
in a sacred
manner and in celebration
We are the ones we have been
waiting for.
(Pat
Humphries)
[WeÕre]
Gonna keep on walking forward
Keep
on walking forward (2x)
Never
turning back (2x)
Gonna keep on walking proudly (3x) NeverÉ.
Gonna
keep on singing loudly (3x) NeverÉ
Gonna
light this night together (3x) NeverÉ.
Gonna
reach across our bordersÉ
Gonna
keep on loving boldlyÉ
Gonna
work for change togetherÉ
Gonna
show our children courageÉ.
Gonna
live with peaceful justiceÉ.
#44 WORTHY OF OUR
CHILDREN
(Pablo Casals/Tom Hunter)
May the work we do
Make the world we live in
A little more worthy of our
children
(repeat)
May the songs we sing É
May the games we play...
May the dreams we dream...
May the words we speak...
May the love we share...
#45 If Every Woman
(Nairobi peace song)
If every woman in the world
Had her mind stayed on freedom
If every woman in the world
If every woman in every nation
Young and old each generation
Held her arms out in the name of
Love
There would be no more war
I every man, in the worldÉ
If every childÉ
If all the peopleÉ..
#46 We Are Singing
For A Peaceful World
We are singing for a peaceful
world
We are singing for a peaceful
world (repeat)
We are singing (singing) we
are singing (singing)
We are singing for a peaceful
world (repeat)
We are marchingÉ.
We are dreamingÉ.
We are readyÉ.
We are clappingÉ..
For the children, for a
peaceful worldÉ..