CHANT DISC – VOLUME II – Recorded by Sára Rain
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1) I Will Walk In Beauty
(verse 1) I will walk in beauty I will walk in peace (x2)
(chorus) All all my relations (x2)
(verse 2) All life is sacred the animals and the trees, All life is
sacred the mountains and the seas
(verse 3) Hey ya hey ya hey ya
(Em/Em/Em/Em/B7 Em/B7 Em)
2) Ancient Mother - Libana
Ancient Mother I hear you calling Ancient Mother I hear your
song Ancient Mother I hear your laughter Ancient mother I
taste your tears
(traditional African)
O la mama wa ha su kola O la mama wa ha su wam O la
mama kow wey ha ha ha ha O la mama ta te kayee
(Am G Am)
3) Beloved Dance
When I see thy glorious vision I am moved to ecstasy,
Beloved. Waves rise in my heart and my heart becomes the
sea
4) Celebrate the Light of the Sun - Kay Gardner
Celebrate the light of the sun* Show the way Lucina Dance the
round on Solstice night Blessed be the great mother
5) Whatever Circles – Rumi - Libana
Turn as the earth and moon turn circling what they love
whatever circles comes from the center
6) Deeper – Leilah Be
Deeper, deeper into the heart of love (x2)
Letting go into the mystery (x3)
Rising in love
7) The Alchemist - James McBride
Earth my body Water my blood Air my breath and Fire my spirit
Step into the holy fire Leap into the holy flame
(Additional words - Iannin)
Step into the mountain air Float on the gentle breeze
Step into the holy water Leap into the crashing waves
Step onto the mother earth Leap into her deepest caves
(counter melody)
I am born of the elements I am born of the elements
8) Every Morning - Rumi – Sára - (Arabic – “there is no god,
but for god”)
La ilaha il Allah hu (x2)
Every morning, every evening let the heart sing Allah Allah
9) Free the Heart - Reclaiming Collective
Free the heart let it go what we reap is what we sow
powerful song of radiant light weave us the web that spins the
night web of stars that holds the dark weave us the earth that
feeds the spark
Strand by strand Hand over hand Thread by thread We weave
the web
10) Good Friend - Libana
Oh the wind it is a song that harbors through the winter,* oh
the sail it is a door that bids the song to enter. Then let us sail
the sea good friend and let us sing together. The singer lasts
the season long while the song it lasts forever
11) Grandmother
Grandmother I see you sitting in the (east, south, west, north,
earth, sky, my heart) You are sacred You are looking at me I
pray to you pray to you You are sacred and you are looking at
me
12) Grandmother Moon - Mary Whalen
Grandmother moon* Shining so bright Show me the way Guide
me tonight
13) Great Mother - James Burgess
(verse 1) It is the Great Mother Giving birth to him Great
Mother giving birth to him
(chorus) When the sun comes up again, when the sun comes
up again, When the sun is reborn
(verse 2) It is the Lord of life born again, Lord of life born again
(Am G Am)
14) Oh Great Spirit
Oh great spirit* Earth sun sky and sea you are inside and all
around me
15) Hey Unguwa - (Chumash – honoring the ancestors, sung
to the directions)
Hey hey ya hey hey unguwa (x7) hey unguwa hey unguwa
16) In the Belly of the Earth - Susan Seneshen
Hey yo wan neh kay Hey wan neh eh kay Hey yo wan neh kay
(x2)
27) The Rocks the Stones and the Crystals
The rocks the stones and the crystals hey yung hey yung hey
yung (x4)
Hey ya hey yo hey ha Hey ya hey yo hey ha Hey yo wan neh
kay
The power of the earth (x8)
17) Home In My Heart – Susan Seneshen (as given by Virginia
Seacor)
There’s a home in my heart, there’s a home in my heart
Only your love will open the door, only your love will open the
door
18) Open
I am feeling very open Like a flower in the morn Let my petals
open Let my child be born
(Dm Am Dm)
19) I Will Be Gentle With Myself - Libana
I will be gentle with myself I will love myself I am a child of the
universe being born each moment
(Am G Am/ /Am C Am/Am D Am)
20) If I Touch You – Reclaiming Collective
If I touch you I will know you *though my veil be drawn you’re
glowing in my mind and soul and body
21) Inana Raya Talbah - Saadi Neil Douglas-Klotz - (Aramaic:
“I am the good shepherd”)
Inana raya talbah (x8)
(Am C G Am/Am Em Am)
22) Light In All Forms
There is light in all forms There is love in all beings (x2)
Hu Allah Hu Allah Hu Allah Hu
(Am/C G/Am/C G/Am/E)
23) Living in Eternity
I, I am here living in, living in eternity
When I touch you I can feel that who I am is one with you
(E A)
24) Love, Lover and Beloved – James Burgess
Ishq Allah Mahbud lillah ishq Allah Mahbud lillah (x2)
God is love, lover and beloved, love, lover and beloved
I am love lover and beloved, love, lover and beloved
(Am G)
25) Om Namo Bhagavate
Om namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om namo Bhagavate
Vasudevaya
Om namah Shivaya (x4)
26) River of Birds - Libana
There’s a river of birds in migration a nation of women with
wings
28) The Earth Is Turning - Libana
Round and round the earth is turning* Turning always round to
morning And from morning round to night
(Am G Am)
29) She Changes - Starhawk
She changes everything she touches and everything she
touches changes
There is a woman who rides the night sky See how she moves
see her fingers fly She is the weaver and we are the web She
is the spinner and we are the thread
30) Sweet Little Bird – Michele Bisonette Robbins
Sweet little bird it’s time for bed, go and lay down your sleepy
head
Sweet little bird snuggled in your nest, now it’s time to rest
Sweet little bird nestled under my wing, I love you more than
anything
31) The Earth the Air the Fire the Water - Libana
The earth the air the fire the water return return return return
(x2)
I-a i-a i-a i-a I-o i-o i-o i-o (x2)
32) The Ocean is the Beginning - Z Budapest
The ocean is the beginning of the earth (x2)
All life comes from the sea (x2)
(All life goes to the sea)
33) The River is Flowing
The river is flowing, flowing and growing The river is flowing
down to the sea
Mother carry me your child I will always be Mother carry me
down to the see
(Dm/C Dm)
34) Under the Full Moonlight - Libana
Under the full moon* light we dance Spirits dance we dance
Joining hands we dance Joining souls rejoice
35) We Are a Circle
We are a circle within a circle with no beginning and never
ending
(Em/Em/D/Em)