Quick Index to all Songs
Here is an alphabetical table of contents, with links to the individual song pages.
Unless otherwise noted, all of these are SATB a cappella, arranged by Peter Amidon.
- Abecedarius Song - Peter's setting of a 19th century Shaker animal poem
- Abolitionist My Country Tis of Thee - piano/unison - 19th & 21st cent. rewrite of the song
- Acres Grace Peter's simple sung grace
- Agnus Dei - Kristina Vaskiliauskaite simple, short, exquisite setting
- All in the Morning - traditional English Lenten/Easter carol
- All Is Well - from the Sacred Harp - new harmonies by Sam Amidon
- All Through the Night - the classic hymn/lullaby
- Amazing Grace Wiregrass - lively different take on the classic hymn
- Amazing Grace - piano/SATB the hymn - simple harmonization of the hymn.
- And When I Rise - piano/unison/SATB - chant-like setting of poignant Wendell Berry poem
- Angel Band - old hymn - "Oh, bear me away on your snowy wings..."
- Angel Rolled the Stone Away - lively Easter spiritual from the African American tradition
- Angels Hovering Round - simple, powerful call and response spiritual
- Balm in Gilead - the classic African American spiritual
- Be Thou My Vision - piano/SATB arr. of this exquisite old hymn.
- Beatitudes - Peter's setting
- Bid You Goodnight - lively spiritual from Bahamas
- Blessed Quietness - poignant old hymn
- Born in the Night - joyful piano/SATB Christmas anthem
- Bright Morning Stars - old Appalachian hymn
- Brightest and Best - Jean Ritchie's version of old Christmas hymn
- Brotherhood and Sisterhood - unison children's song by P. Amidon
- Childrens Miracle - free download - SATB/piano. Civil Rights ballad by P. Amidon
- Christ Was Born In Bethlehem - old Appalachian Easter ballad
- Climbing High Mountains - Peter's piano/SATB arr. of an old American (Unitarian?) hymn
- Come O Thou Traveler - piano/solo or unison - Plaintive Isaac Watts text to a melody from an old shape note hymn
- Cool of the Day - piano/SATB - through composed arrangement of Jean Ritchie's classic song
- Corinthians 13 - Peter's setting of the well known text about love
- Crossing the Bar - Rani Arbo's setting of Tennyson poem: "...meet my pilot face to face..."
- Daniel Prayed - gospel bluegrass style a cappella
- Deep Calls to Deep - music by Mary Alice, a new non-denominational spiritual
- Devotion - piano/SATB - words Isaac Watts, music Alexander Johnson (1818), arr. P. Amidon
- Easter Anthem - William Billings' classic 18th century American, well, Easter anthem
- Eli, Eli - piano/SATB - powerful Jewish song of hope
- Elijah - Bill Harley's song in memory of Elijah McClain
- Fear Not the Pain - chant by Rachel Kroh, Rilke words
- Flower Carol - traditional spring carol
- Free at Last - African American spiritual referenced by Dr. King in his "I Have A Dream" speech
- From the Seed in the Ground - SSAA/piano children's choir arrangement
- Gate of Sweet Nectar - arr. of Krishna Das' setting of a Buddhist invocation
- Gift of Love - piano/SATB - words & music Mary Alice Amidon, arr. P. Amidon
- Give Me Birds at the Dawning - simple, sweet 3-part song
- Good Samaritan - unison/piano - a ballad/anthem by Peter Amidon
- Great Trees - SATB/piano - Wendell Berry poetry, music by Mary Alice Amidon
- Hallelujah - by Leonard Cohen - a simple, elegant arrangement of a powerful song
- Hard Times - the classic Stephen Foster song
- Here I Am, Lord - Daniel L. Schutte's classic hymn arranged here as a through-composed anthem
- How Can I Keep from Singing - simple harmonization of this classic hymn/social change anthem
- How Could Anyone - a cappella SAB - short poignant song by Libby Roderick
- I Still Have Joy - joyful gospel
- I Want Jesus to Walk With Me - piano/SATB - simple through-composed arrangement of African American spiritual
- I Will Arise - great hymn or anthem for Lent/Good Friday
- I Will Guide Thee - beautiful old hymn "...I will guide thee with mine eyes..."
- I Wonder as I Wander - John Jacob Niles' classic, poignant Appalachian Christmas carol
- I'm Gonna Lift My Sister Up - SATB/piano gospel-style song by Faya Rose Touré
- I'm Growing Up - unison/letter chords - children's song by Mary Alice
- I'm Lucky There's a Sun - piano/solo or unison - children's song by Nancy Cassidy
- If I Can Stop One Heart - Mary Alice's setting of Dickinson poem
- If You're Ever Going to Love Me - unison, letter chords, Mary Alice's setting of poem
- Jesus Gave Me Water - lively gospel quartet arrangement from the singing of Sam Cooke
- Johnny Appleseed - unison/letter chords - Mary Alice's setting of poem
- Joy of Living - Farewell song by Ewan MacColl
- Joy Shall Come in the Morning - by Mary Alice
- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
- Let the Life I've Lived - old American spiritual beautifully harmonized by Andy Davis
- Little Moses - piano/SATB - by A.P. Carter - short, simple Appalachian ballad of the life of Moses
- Lord's Prayer - Peter's setting
- Love Call Me Home - by Peggy Seeger
- Love Me Tender - piano/SATB - a sweet, simple setting of Elvis Presley's eternal love song
- Lullaby for the Girls - unison/letter chords - by Mary Alice
- Magnificat - Peter's simple, beautiful setting - piano/SATB
- Make Me a Channel of Your Peace - piano/SATB - Peter's setting of St. Frances prayer
- Marian Anderson - Mary Alice's setting of Myra Cohn Livingston's poem "Keep on Singing: A Ballad of Marian Anderson"
- May the Road Rise Up to Meet You - by Scottish harper Wendy Stewart
- May Today There Be Peace Within - Peter's setting of text by St. Thérèse of Liseaux
- Morning - free download of an old American shape note hymn great for Lent, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday
- My Heart Is Ready - by Cindy Kallet, great group-singing song
- Noah Heist the Window - lively spiritual from Bessie Jones
- Now It's Time to Go - simple 3-part round by Peter Amidon
- O Mary - SATB/piano - Christmas spiritual from Louisiana
- O The Winter - lively Bahamas spiritual
- Oh the Comfort - Peter's setting of poem
- Oh, Had I a Golden Thread - piano/unison/SATB - Pete Seeger's classic hymn to humanity
- Owl and Pussycat - unison/letter chords - Peter's setting of poem
- Parting Friends - two part arr. of old American spiritual
- Parting Glass - traditional Irish
- Peace Like a River - SATB/piano - the classic spiritual
- Precious Memories - old hymn
- Prodigal's Return - SATB/piano - a ballad/hymn/anthem
- Psalm 126 - SATB/piano - Mary Alice's setting of the psalm
- Psalm of Life - Longfellow poem set to music
- Shout for Joy - lively Christmas spiritual
- Silver Rain - a grace from the Bruderhof Community
- So Far From Home - simple piano/SATB setting of Tom Mousin's 2015 Advent poem
- So Far From Home - piano/unison of Tom Mousin's 2015 Advent poem.
- Solstice Song - SATB/piano, a new arrangement of Alouette Iselin's great song
- Sonnet 18 - Peter's unison/piano setting of Shakespeare's "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" sonnet
- Sonnet 30 - Free dowload of Peter's a cappella pub-singing style setting of "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought" sonnet
- Steal Away - Simple harmonization of this classic African American spiritual
- Still There is Love - Peter's SATB/piano arrangement of Mary Alice's setting of Edith Newlin Chase's poem
- Sweet Hour of Prayer - old hymn
- Sweet Is the Day - Mary Alice's joyful setting of Isaac Watts text
- Sylvie - SA/piano arr. of Huddie Ledbetter song
- Take Me To the Water - SATB/piano arr. of African American baptism spiritual
- Thanksgiving Eve - SATB/piano - by Bob Franke - a poignant song about work and love.
- There But For Fortune - SATB/piano - by Phil Ochs - poignant song about the less fortunate.
- Thing That Makes You Beautiful - by Jane Voss
- This Little Light - a simple arrangement the classic spiritual
- Through All the World Below - SATB/piano - old American ode to the earth
- To Bethlehem - SAA/piano - Nym Cooke's Christmas carol
- To My Old Brown Earth - Paul Halley's SATB arr. of Pete Seeger's classic funeral song.
- Trinitarian Creed - Mary Alice's setting for unison/SATB/piano of, well, the Trinitarian Creed, "We believe in God..."
- Tree Song - unison/piano - a meditative singing game for children
- Turn Around - unison/piano - a heartbreakingly beautiful song for children's choir or soloist
- Watts Cradle Hymn - SATB/piano - Isaac Watts Christmas anthem
- Waulking Song - old Scottish song
- What a Wonderful World - a cappella SATB arr. of this familiar & comforting classic.
- What Wondrous Love - transcribed straight from the Sacred Harp - a cappella SATB 18th century shape note hymn with melody in the tenor.
- What's in a Song - Lucy Picco Simpson's perfect song about why we sing.
- When Jesus Came Home - solo or unison/piano, setting of scripture by Peter Amidon
- Wild Mountain Thyme - SATB/piano - old Scottish song
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken - the classic old hymn made famous by the Carter Family
- Woman Weeping at the Garden - unison/piano - Lenten anthem
- World Wide Peace - by William Ramsey, written on eve of World War I
- Woyaya - chant-like song of hope, piano/SATB by Annie Masembe from Uganda, music by Sol Amarino of the British Afro-pop band Osibisa.
- You Can't Hurry God - lively old gospel/spiritual