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