When words fail,
as words will oft times do,
grant us the wisdom
to be still
and open ourselves to you
O God.
Amen.
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Third Movement of the Violin Concerto by Aram Khachaturian, arranged for flute – Sean Koenig
Hello, Dolly! – 2017 Broadway Cast of Hello, Dolly! & Bette Midler
I’ve Decided to Marry You – Lauren Worsham, Lisa O’Hare & Bryce Pinkham
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly – Julie Andrews
A Weekend in the Country – A Little Night Music Ensemble
Under the Sea – Samuel E. Wright
I Am What I Am – Donald Pippin & George Hearn
I’m Here – Cynthia Erivo
One Hand, One Heart – Matt Cavenaugh & Josefina Scaglion3
Do-Re-Mi – Mary Martin, Lauri Peters, William Snowden, Kathy Dunn, Joseph Stewart, Marilyn Rogers, Mary Susan Locke & Evanna Lien
Your Daddy’s Son – Audra McDonald
Ease On Down the Road – The Wiz
Everything Old Is New Again – Hugh Jackman, Patrick Vaccariello & Various Artists
Ya Got Trouble – Robert Preston
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
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For You – Kelly Fraser
Cry for Love – Zendaya
[Untitled] – Mel Hsu
Se thelo – Kelly Kelekidou
Dil Main Chuppa Ke Pyar Ka – Angelique Kidjo
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Tryna Smoke – Jhene Aiko, feat, MicahFoneCheck
Tall Trees in Georgia – Eva Cassidy
Our Very Own – Nanci Griffith
A Home – The Chicks
In the Dark – Camila Cabello
Una furtiva lagrima – Mary Fahl
Collecting You – Indigo Girls
Marry Me – Nina Simone
Ndodemnyama Verwoerd – Miriam Makeba
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Down to the River to Pray – Alison Krauss
This Morning I ray for My Enemies – Joy Harjo, feat. Lisette Garcia, Marissa Sapulpa & Sandra Sapulpa
Waking Up Down – Yaeji
garden – Mel Hsu
Set the Night to Music – Roberta Flack
Natural – Shelley Morningstar
Jesus Met the Woman at the Well – Mahalia Jackson
Hard White – Nicki Minaj
Gucci – Jessi
Mary – Joan Baez
On Our Way – Aretha Franklin
Join the Boys – Joan Armatrading
Ramblin’ Man – Larkin Poe
Hold On – Odetta
One Day I Will Walk – k.d. lang
Just Say I Love Him – Nina Simone
I Will Be There – Mary Black
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St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day
Soldier’s Song – The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
God Save Ireland – Barleycorn
Easter Rebellion – Sinead O’Connor
James Connolly – Johnny McEvoy
The Minstrel Boy – James Galway
Whiskey in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
Women of Ireland – The Wolfe Tones
The Hills of Ireland – Celtic Woman
Long Journey Home – The Chieftains with Elvis Costello
4 Green Fields – Dublin City Ramblers
Song for Ireland – The Irish Tenors
A Nation Once Again – Paddy Reilly
Roger Casement – Eugene McEldowny
The Big Fellah – Black 47
There Were Roses – Tommy Sands
The Parting Glass – The Wailin’ Jennys
I’ll Walk Beside You – Cherish the Ladies
Bobby Sands – Claymore
O’Donnell’s Lament – Eileen Ivers
Only Our Rivers Run Free – The Molly Maguires
The Holy Ground – Mary Black
Amhrainn Na Bfhiann – Pearse
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My Lai Massacre day.
Song for Hugh Thompson – David Rovics
For Hugh Thompson Who Stood His Ground – The Oaks
Pinkville Helicopter – Thom Parrott
Peace Anthem – Sera
Change the World – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Us – Ruby Ibarra
Feel It Out – Yaeji
Never – jennylee
Not Yo’ Butterfly – Nobuko Miyamoto, feat. Tylana Enomoto
No More – KHA
Fold – Ella Jay Basco
Us – Jessica Sanchez
We Belong ’21 – Magnetic North & Taiyo Na, feat. Ann One
I Belong – MILCK
The Human Color – Jen Shyu, feat. Ambrose Akinmusire, Mat Maneri, Thomas Morgan & Dan Weiss
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Crowded Table – The Highwomen
Lionheart – Demi Lovato
The Windmills of Your Mind – Dusty Springfield
All the Earth Will See – Joanne Shenandoah
Frozen Charlotte – Natalie Merchant
Every Time You Say Goodbye – Alison Kraus
Open Your Eyes – Angelique Kidjo
Silver Lining – Bonnie Raitt
You Better Mind – Ranky Tanky
Shady Grove – Yola
Call It Off – Tegan & Sara
Little David Play on Your Harp – Sweet Honey in the Rock
All a Woman Needs – Joan Armatrading
Don’t Go – Mary J. Blige
Broken Flag – Patti Smith Group
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All songs by Fannie Lou Hamer unless otherwise noted. Thank you for your witness Ms. Hamer
Pi Day.
Precious Lord
On Being a Sharecropper
Run Mourner, Run
City Called Heaven
All the Pretty Little Horses
I’m Gonna Land on the Shore
Oh Lord, You Know Just How I Feel
I’m Going Down to the River of Jordan
Jesus Is My Only Friend
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
Walk with Me
This Little Light of Mine
Mass Meeting Speech
Certainly Lord
Woke up This Morning
American Pie – Shawnee
Blueberry Pie – Bette Midler
Narcissa Cutie Pie – Joi
Sweetest Pie – Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa
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Orubaba – Angelique Kidjo
Swing Down Chariot – Mary D. Williams
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder – Bernice Johnson Reagon
Freakum Dress – Beyonce
Mama’s Crying Long – Our Native Daughters
Nobody’s Girl – Bonnie Raitt
Wash Your Spirit Clean – Walela
Going Home – Mary Fahl
The Greatest – Sia, feat. Kendrick Lamar
Water Is Life – Wanita Bird
The Sea – Morcheeba
Shimmer, Prayer for Cleaning the Water – Joy Harjo
River – Natalie Merchant
Crowded Table – The Highwomen
The Right Thing to Do – Carly Simon
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