Hope and Resilience

Many communities are holding times to renew their sense of hope and determination in these challenging times. Here are a bunch of songs from different traditions that may be of help in planning such occasions. Please send other suggestions!

Rise Again / Earthcare

• Living Planet (Jay Mankita)
• My Roots Go Down (Sarah Pirtle)
• Sing for the Climate ("Do It Now" - tune: Bella Ciao)
• Two Hands Hold the Earth (Sarah Pirtle)
• We Belong to the Earth (Magpie)

Also: The Tide Is Rising

Rise Again / Faith:

• Here I Am Lord
• L'chi Lach (Debbie Friedman)
• Sanctuary (Eliza Gilkyson)
• Simple Faith (David Tamulevich)
• They'll Know We Are Christians [or "God's Children"] by Our Love
• Tree of Life (Matt Jones)
• The Trees of the Field

Rise Again / Family:

• Four Hands (Ruth Pelham)
• Gather the Family (Mustard's Retreat)
• Hallelujah (Katherine Wheatley)
• We Will Build This House (Sally Rogers)

Also in Rise Up Singing: Everything Possible (Fred Small) p.240

Rise Again / Freedom:

• Ella's Song (Bernice Johnson Reagon)
• I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table 
• It's a Long Way (Bill Harley - in Family chapter but deals with Freedom Movement)
• Senzenina
• Siyahamba
• We Shall Not Give Up the Fight
• We Still Have a Dream (Betsy Rose)

Also in Rise Up Singing:

• Ain't Gonna Let Nobody p.60
• Hold On ("Keep Your Eyes on the Prize")
• It Isn't Nice (Malvina Reynolds) 
• Michael Row p.62
• O Freedom p.62
• This Little Light p.63
• Woke Up This Morning p.64

In our new Seeger singalong songbook If I Had a Hammer p.35:

• Those Three Are On My Mind (Pete Seeger)

Rise Again / Gospel & Spirituals:

• I Don't Feel No Ways Tired
• Joy Comes Back (Sean Staples)
• Keep Your Lamps Trimmed & Burning
• People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield)
• Soon & Very Soon (new freedom verses)
• The Storm Is Passing Over (Charles Tindley)
• We Are Soldiers in the Army (new freedom verses)

Rise Again / Friendship:

• The Gathering of Spirits (Carrie Newcomer)
• Love Call Me Home (Peggy Seeger)
• Stand by Me

Rise Again / Healing:

• He Will Heal the Broken-Hearted (chant)
• Hold On Strong (Ben Bochner)
• May You Walk (Betsy Rose)
• Mi Shebeirach (Debbie Friedman)
• Trouble in This World (Bob Franke)
• Walls (aka "Some Walls" on rec by Peter Paul & Mary)
• Welcome to the Circle (Betsy Rose)

Rise Again / Home:

• I Am a Patriot (Steve Van Zandt)
• Welcome, Welcome Emigrante (Buffy Sainte-Marie)

Other songs on immigrant solidarity:

• Deportee (Rise Up Singing p.50)
• I Am a Wanderer (Steve Earle)
• Lady of the Harbor (Joe Jencks)
• Same Boat Now (Betsy Rose Rise Up Singing p.50)
• So We Be (Ruth Pelham - on standing up to Islamophobia)
• Stand Up (Mike Stern)

Rise Again / Hope:

• Arise! Arise! / National Anthem (Jean Rohe)
• Bird by Bird (Joe Crookston)
• If Not Now (Carrie Newcomer)
• Somewhere to Begin (TR Ritchie)
• What a Wonderful World

Also in Rise Up Singing:

• All the Weary Mothers (Joan Baez) p.114
• Blowin' in the Wind p.115
• Imagine p.116
• Let's Get Together p.240
• Love Will Guide Us (Sally Rogers) p.118 
• Woyaya p.120
• Turning of the World (Ruth Pelham) p.242

And also:

• One Foot / Lead with Love (Melanie DeMore)
• We Shall Be Known (MaMuse)
• Hope Lingers On (Low Lily)

Rise Again / Peace:

• Gonna Take Us All (Jon Fromer)
• How Beautiful Upon the Mountain (Tom Paxton)
• I Believe that Peace Will Come
• If You Want Peace (Charlie King)
• Jerusalem (Steve Earle)
• Love Is All Around (Ruth Pelham)
• Peace Will Come (Tom Paxton)
• Plant Me a Garden (Sally Rogers)
• Quite Early Morning (Pete Seeger)
• These Hands (Dave Gunning)

Also in Rise Up Singing:

• Because All Men Are Brothers p.238
• Carry It On p.158
• Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream p.161

Rise Again / Struggle:

• God's Counting on Me (Pete Seeger)
• Let Justice Roll Down (Aileen Vance)
• Rise As One (Aaron Fowler)
• Still Looking for Freedom (Jon Fromer)

Also in Rise Up Singing:

• Bella Ciao p.213
• If I Had a Hammer p.215
• Love's Gonna Care Us (Fred Small) p.216
• Never Turning Back (Pat Humphries) p.216
• Singing for Our Lives (Holly Near) p.218
• Step by Step (Pete Seeger) p.242
• Times They Are a Changin' (Bob Dylan) p.219
• We Shall Not Be Moved p.260
• Your Daughters & Your Sons (Tommy Sands) p.221