Quick Index to all Songs

A Quick Link Table of Contents 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