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Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis * Writtenforthe JusticeChoirSongbook Penny Stone,2017|Edinburgh,Scotland WeWillSing 38. Deanna Witkowski,2017|NewYork, NY WeWalkinLove* 37. Trad. English, arr. DarrellGoodwin, 2017 |Hungry Horse,MT WeSingforJustice* 36. 2017 |ColumbiaHeights,MN African- AmericanSpiritual,arr. Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, WeShallOvercome* 35. Andrea Ramsey, 2017|Boulder, CO WeChooseLove* 34. Reginald Unterseher, 2017|Kennewick,WA WeAreRisingUp* 33. Me Ain’t Turn Let Me Nobody Gonna 2. 37. We Walk in Love Walk We 37. Justice for Sing We 36. Shall Overcome We 35. Justice for Sing 27. This Up Morning Oh, I Woke 21. Lift Every Voice Sing and 15. (Eyes HoldOn onthe Prize) 9. Are We Courage to Who Be 8. H Bridge A Is Stronger Wall a Than 1. C 22. nos ¡No movéran! 19. Liberty Justice and for All 14. (Eyes HoldOn onthe Prize) 9. Bend the Arc 6. 42. Welcome All Welcome 42. Got the We've Right 41. We're Gonna Shine 40. Justice for Sing We 36. Love Choose We 34. 0 This Dem Is What 30. Please Freedom Don't My Take 23. a y l m l One Foot/LeadOne with Love

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African-American Spiritual; arr. J. David Moore Minneapolis, MN | 2017 With resolve ( = 88) E q A m E 7 Leader 4 ‰ j . & 4 œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ 1. Ain’t gonna let noœ -- bodœ œ y turn meœ ’round, turn me ’round,

SA 4 Ó . ∑ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ & 4 . œœ œ ˙ œ# œ œ ˙ Turn me ’round, turn me ’round,

B œ œ ˙ ? 4 Ó . ∑ œ œ œ œ ˙ A m E 7 j j ‰ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ turn meœ ’round. Ain’t gonna let noœ -- bodœ œ y turn meœ ’round, I’m gon- naœ keep onœ a-- walk in’, j j j œ œ ˙ ∑ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ & œœ œ ˙ œœ œ ˙ œ# œ œ#œ œ œ œ turn me ’round. Turn me ’round, keep on a-- walk in’, œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ j ? œ ∑ œ œ œ. ‰ œ œ œ# keepJ on, keep on a - Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1

On repeat Final Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis A m/E A m A m j j ‰ j 2 . 4 & œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j 4 œ œ œ . 4 keep onœ a-- talk in’, marching up toœ free- domœ œ land. œ 2. Ain’t gonna w j j œ œ j œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ j 2 . 4 & œ# œ œ#œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 ˙ . 4 w keep on a- talk- in’, marching up to freeJ - domœ land. ˙ w ? j œ j 2 4 œ œ. ‰ œ œ œ# œ œ œ œ J œ œ 4 ˙ . 4 w walkJ - in’, keep on a - marching up to freedom land.

2. Ain’t gonna let segregation turn me ’round… 3. Ain’t gonna let racism turn me ’round… 4. Ain’t gonna let no hatred turn me ’round… 5. Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me ’round… Copyright © 2017, J. David Moore Licensed for free, non-commercial distribution. Other inquiries or permissions: jdavidmoore.net 3. Ana El Na (Please, G-d, Heal Us) a canon in 3 parts

Traditional Hebrew prayer; Music traditional/Karen Siegel adapt. Karen Siegel, 2017* Hoboken, NJ | 2017

Prayerfully ( = 70) 1 q # 4 ‰ ‰ & 4 œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ A - na el œ na,œ A - na el œ na,œ A - na el œ naœ œr’ - faœ naœ la - Please, God, heal us, Please, God, heal us, Please, God, heal us with re --new al of the

2 # 4 j & 4 œ ŒŒ œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ Œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ‰ j nu A - na el na, A - na el na, œr’ - soul. Please, God, heal us, Please, God, heal us, re -

3 # 4 Œ‰ Œ Œ Œ & 4 j œ œ ˙ œ fuœ - at,œ œr’ --fuœ atœ œha œ --neœ fesh,œ œha œ --ne fesh. new us, re - new us, our spi - rits, our spi - rits.

רפואת הנפש אנא אל נא רפא נא לנו Ana el na r’fa na lanu r’fuat hanefesh Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 Please G-d heal us with renewal of the soul

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis From Karen: I sing the ﬁrst three measures of “Ana El Na” with my synagogue congregation on Shabbat mornings with the traditional words “r’fa na la” (“heal her”) from Moses’ prayer for his sister Miriam. Our congregation traditionally sings it repetitively while the rabbi recites the “Mi sheibeirach” prayer, a traditional prayer for those who are ill, which includes a plea for both physical and spiritual healing.

I have adapted the “Ana el na” prayer, adding text referring to spiritual healing from the “Mi sheibeirach” prayer, and directing it towards all of us. The text of this song is therefore a prayer for the healing of all of our minds and hearts.

In a time of so much hatred, I have been thinking of the need for emotional healing, especially for those who feel the urge to lash out with words or physical violence. I adapted this prayer and expanded the song with this in mind.

* Translation by Karen Siegel, Jenny Labendz, and Rabbi Robert Scheinberg

Words & Music by FLOBOTS Driving Rock Beat ( = 144) Denver, CO | 2016 Cm q Fm (shout it!) b j 1 & b b 4 . ‰ j j j Ó Œ‰j j œ œ Ó Œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ It does- n’t have to be like this. It does- n’t have to be like this.

Cm Fm b j 1 & b b . ‰ j j j Ó Œ‰j j œ œ Ó Œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ It does- n’t have to be like this. It does- n’t have to be like this. (shout it!) 2 b j j j & b b . œ w Œ‰œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó Œ . To - day! An-- oth er world is pos-- si ble.

On last repeat, Cm Fm end here b j 1 b b . ‰ j j j Ó Œ‰j j œ Ó Œ . & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ It does- n’t have to be like this. It does- n’t have to be like this.

2 b j j j & b b . œ w Œ‰œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ó Œ . Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 To - day! An-- oth er world is pos-- si ble. Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis 3 bb . œ w Œ‰œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ¿ ¿ ¿ . & b . J J J . To - day! An-- oth er world is pos-- si ble. ONE MORE TIME!

Performance Instructions (as performed by FLOBOTS): 1) Divide the crowd in half. 2) Teach half the crowd Part 1, and the other half Part 2. 3) When they're condent singing them together, have a small group shout Part 3 from the stage. ...or try any way you like!

From Jamie Laurie, of FLOBOTS: Drawing from the popular slogan from the global justice movement, "Another World is Possible," this song calls us to breathe life intovisions of the world as it could be.

žƋƉƊƏ ŀŝ Ń łŽŃ 5. Be the Change

Words adapted from Gandhi (attr.) Music by Marc Kaplan and Colin Britt Jersey City, NJ | 2010

Steady ( = 88) q G Melody # j j & 4 ‰ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ Be the change you want to see in theœ world,œ be the change

Harmony # 4 ‰ j ‰ j & 4 œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ C/G G E 7 Am7 # j & ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ you want to see in theœ world,œ be the change you want to

# ‰ j & ˙ œ œ œ œ œ #œ ˙ œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ B 7 Em Am7 C/D G # œ j j & œ œ œ œ Œ‰ J œ œ œ œ œ ˙ see in the world and change will come toœ you. j # Œ‰ œ j j & œ#œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 œ œ œ œ œ ˙

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis Rhythm for hand taps on heart: Suggested percussion groove: ¿ŒŒ‰ ¿ ¿ŒŒ‰ ¿ œ. œ ‰ œ œ œ ã J J ã J Performance Suggestions: 1) Start with soloist accompanied by minimal percussion (hand taps on heart, djembe, etc.). 2) Repeat with everyone in unison. 3) Add harmony, SSA or SATB with bass doubling melody, accompanied by piano or guitar and percussion ad lib.

Lyric Suggestions: • Be the hope you want to see in the world... and change will come to you. • Be the song you want to sing in the world... and change will come to you. • Be the light you want to shine in the world... and change will come to you. ...or anything else that works for your group!

Words & Music by Wendi Buck Rosemount, MN | 2017 March tempo ( = 88) C q F C C F C Leader 4 & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ∑ Bend the arc and break the ceil- ing,

SA 4 ∑ œ œ œ œ œ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Bend the arc and break the ceil- ing,

TB œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? 4 ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

C FC C F C œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ ∑ Hu- man rights for human be- ings!

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Hu- man rights for human be- ings! Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? œ œ œ Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

C F C C F C œ & œ œ œ œ ∑ Bendœ theœ œ arcœ andœ break the ceil- ing,

∑ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Bend the arc and break the ceil- ing,

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

C F D m C C F D m/F C œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ ∑ Hu- man rights for human be- ings!

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Hu- man rights for human be- ings! œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? ∑ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

D m/F C D m/F C (clap or FCFC stomp) œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. ¿ ¿ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. ¿ ¿ . & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. . Bend the arc, bend the arc! Bend the arc, bend the arc!

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. ? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. ¿ ¿ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. ¿ ¿ .

ENDING F C/E D m D m7/G C Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 œ w Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis & œ œ œ œ w Bend the arc!

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Wendi writes: These were the words I put on my sign for the Women's March on Washington (Jan 21, 2017), and the tune followed.

Neal Hagberg & Leandra Peak ( = 76) Minneapolis, MN | 2012 q EA B E 1 # ## 4 & # 4 ∑ Ó Œ œ . ŒŒ œ œ We areœ œ one, œ we are two,œ # 2 ## # 4 . & 4 ∑ ∑ . œ ‰ œ ‰ j ‰Œ We are one,œ

B E E/C# B # ## j & # ŒŒ œ œ. œ. œ œ œ œ ŒŒ œ œ. œ we are more than me and you,œ. We are # # # # ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ & œ ‰ j ‰Œ œ œ œ œ ‰ j ‰Œ we areœ two,œ we are moreœ than me andœ you,œ

C#m A E A # # ˙. œ œ & # # œ œ œ œ ŒÓ œ œ j œ œ œ three, we are four, MilJ - lions andœ bil- lions more, # # j & # # œ ‰ ‰ j ‰Œ œ ‰ ‰ j ‰Œ œ j œ œ We areœ three,œ we areœ four,œ mil- lionsœ andœ bil- lions

B A B Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 To repeat

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis # ## j j & # œ œ ŒŒ œ. ˙ œ œ œ œ ŒŒ œ . œ Whenœ it’s all said and done,œ We areœ one,œ # # # # ‰ ‰Œ ‰ŒÓ . & œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ j . more andœ more,œ When it’s said and done,œ B E last time # Neal Hagberg (from the duo “Neal & # # Leandra”) writes: These lyrics were & # œ ŒŒ œ ŒÓ done,œ We œare œ one.œ œ written the day after President Obama was elected, and the music was written # on his inauguration day. ## # ‰ŒŒ ŒÓ & j œ Hear their whole song “One” on their done, We œare œ one.œ œ œ album “A Hundred Years from Now.”

Copyright © 2012 Uncle Gus Music (BMI) Licensed for free, non-commercial distribution. Other inquiries or permissions: nealandleandra.com 8. Courage to Be Who We Are in memory of Gwen Araujo Words & Music by Ruth Huber San Jose, CA | 2004 Reverently ( = c. 76)

Verse 1 in unisonq G A m7/D G Am/D S # j A 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ T & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. œWe areœ hereœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2. We are stand-ing in the mem- ’ry of those who have fall- en, those 3. We are sing - ing} 4. (hum) (hum) B ? # œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ 4 œ œ ‰ œ 1. We are here J 2. We are stand - ing in their mem- ’ry, those 3. We are sing - ing 4. (hum) (hum)

Em7 G j # œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ whoœ haveœ fallœ - œ en, thoseœ œ whoœ haveœ fallœ - en.œ Weœ areœ (hum) œ œ œ œ œ œ ? # œ œ œ œ œ ‰ J œ œ who have fall- en, those who have fall- en. We are Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 (hum) Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

G A m7/D G # & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ hereœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ stand - ing in the mem- ’ry of those who have fall- en, sing - ing}

? # œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ Œ here stand - ing in their mem- ’ry, sing - ing

Am Am/D G # j & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j Œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œœ œ œ œœ œœ œœ here J stand - ing for the courage to be who we are, sing - ing } (hum) ? # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J J Œ here stand - ing for the courage to be who we are, sing - ing (hum)

1, 2, 3 Am Am/D G # j œ j . & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. . œcour - ageœ toœ beœ whoœ weœœ are.œ ˙. (hum)

? # j . œ œ œ œ œ œ . . cour - age to be whoJ we are.œ ˙ (hum) Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1

Slightly slower Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis 4 Am Am/D G # j j & w œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w w œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ w w courage to be who we are.œ w

? # œ œ œ œ œ œ j w J œ w courage to be who we are.

Ruth writes: “Courage to Be Who We Are was written to commemorate the life of Gwen Amber Rose Araujo and to celebrate the lives of beautiful and courageous trans people everywhere."

African-American Spiritual transc. by Justice Choir, 2017 ( = 60)

VERSEhS: Leader: 2 j j Œ & 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Jœ œœ œ œ 1. Oh, the one thing we did right was the day we start - ed to Jﬁght 2. Got our hands on the free - dom plow, would- n't take noth-- in' for our jour - ney now.

All: ‰ j Œ Ó & œ. œ œ œ . j œ. Keepœ yourœ eyes on theœ prize.œ œ Holdœ on!œ w

REFRAIN: Melody . j j & . œ. œ# w Ó œ. œ w œ. ‰ Hold on! Hold on! Keepœ yourœ Harmony j j . œ w œ. & . . œ w Ó . . ‰ œ œ

œ œ w œ œ w œ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 Hold on! Hold on! Keepœ yourœ Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

j Œ Ó . & œ. œ œ œ . j eyes on theœ œ prize. œ Holdœ on!œ w

Alternate Lyrics: 3. Only chains that we can stand, Are the chains of hand in hand. Keep your eyes… 4. We're gon' board that big Greyhound, Carryin' love from town to town. Keep your eyes… 5. When united it is clear, We don't have to live in fear. Keep your eyes… (from Peter “Madcat” Ruth) 6. Building walls and spreading hate, Will not make this country great. Keep your eyes… (from Laz Slomovits)

Performance Suggestions: • This is a classic “zipper” song. Make up your own lyrics for the Verses. • Vocal improvisation is encouraged, especially on the Refrain.

Words & Music by Andrea Ramsey Boulder, CO | 2017 Deﬁantly ( = 60) C G/B C h 3 3 3 2 & 2 Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. Whenœ œ I lift my voice, let it beœ in song, œA deœ --ﬁ ant note in the 2. When I lift my voice, let it be for good, Let me care as much as I

Am G/D C F C/G 3 3 3 j ‰ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ face ofœ œwrong,œ œI won’tœ stand a- lone, we’llœ standœ side by side, ’causeœ weœ know I should,

C Em G/B C F C/E F/A 3 3 j & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j ‰ œ. œ œ œ know that love is always jusœ --œ ti ﬁœed. œ Whenœ theyœ try to di -

C/G G C/E FG F/A Am/E G/D

j œ. œ œ œ j & œ. œ. Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 vide us,œ œ œit willœ on- J ly u - nite us.œ ˙ Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

F C/E G/D C Œ & œ œ œ I lift œmy œ voice.˙

Andrea writes: “I was inspired by the line ‘with glad deﬁance in my throat, I pierce the darkness with a note’ from James Weldon Johnson’s poem, The Gift to Sing, and I created this tune in hopes of acknowledging the power of music and the importance of community in pursuing justice and unity.”

Words by Pirkei Avot (Hebrew) Music by Arielle and Jerome Korman Translated and adapted by Arielle Korman New York, NY | 2017

Flowing ( = 76) A q B B /D E B /D Cm A B Cm b b b b b b b w œ œ œ œ œ ˙ bbb 4 œ œ œ ˙ ‰ j & 4 (opt. instrumental intro) ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Imœ aynœ œ a -

Ab Eb Bb Cm Bb bb ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ & b œ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ ni li, mi li? U’kh----- she a ni le atz mi, mah a - ni? V’- im

Ab Cm Bb Bb/D Eb Bb/D Cm Ab Gm b œ. œ ˙ & b b J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ lo ach- shav, e-- ma tai, im lo ach - shav,œ e-- maœ œ

Cm Ab Eb b j j b b ‰ œ œ ‰ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 tai?˙ If I am not forœ me, who will be? If I am Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

Bb Cm Bb Cm bb œ œ œ œ œ œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ just for me, what does that makeœ me? And if not now, then

Bb Eb Bb/D Cm Cm/Bb Ab Gm Cm bb & b ˙ œ œ ˙. when? If not now, thenœ when?w

Words & Music by David Avshalomov Santa Monica, CA | 1990 Moderate ( = 100) Fm [stomp] [clap] B VERSES: q b Œ Œ b 4 . ¿ ¿ & b b 4 ‰ j œ. . œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ ‰ j œ. 1. œIf youœ want peace, Œ‰Jwork for jus - tice. œIf youœ want (2.) wrong, work to right it. If you see

Fm [stomp] [clap] Bb Fm [stomp] [clap] Œ Œ Œ Œ b ¿ ¿ œ ¿ ¿ & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ ‰ j œ. œ œ œ œ œ peace, Œ‰Jwork for jus - tice. œIf youœ want peace, ‰Jwork for wrong, then work to ﬁght it. If you see wrong work to

1 2 Bb C Fm Fm b j . & b b œ œ. œ Œ œ œ œ Œ‰ œ œ œ ˙ ‰ j œ. . ˙ Ó jus - tice. Startœ at home, start right now. 2. œIf youœ see now. right it.

BRIDGE: Bb Fm Cm Fm bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙

Ev--- ’ry bo dy knows you can’t have peace when we make the world un- fair. Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1

B Fm Cm/G C To Verses: Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis b b œ œ . & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. . Ev- ’ry time you see in-- jus tice done then shoutœ it in the air. 3. œIf someœ - one’s

Lyric Suggestions for Verses: (or make up your own) 3. If someone’s down, help them up now (3x) Start at home, start right now. 4. Instead of force, cooperation. (3x) Start at home, start right now. 5. If you hear lies, sing the truth back. (3x) Start at home, start right now. David writes: “I have been concerned about social justice most of my life, and I saw this slogan on a protest march sign during the Civil Rights movement. It struck me that it needed a simple call and response tune, so I made one for folks to use.”

Words & Music by Emma Bechler = 76 (Chant: FLOBOTS, 2007) Denver, CO | 2016 q Am C G F Am C 4 . & 4 ∑ . ∑ ∑ Ó Œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Ourœ mindsœ. are ourœ weaœ. - pons, ourœ soulsœ. our proœ -- tecœ. tion, andœ

G F Am C ‰ j & œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ . œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ œ ourœ. feet willœ nevœ. - er upœ -œ root.œ ˙ One boœ - dy, one mind,œ we will allœ stand in lineœ and pro- G F Am C

Œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ claimœ theœ once unœ --- speakœ a bleœ œ truth.˙. So we pay our debts to theœ dam- age we share, un-- derœ G F Am Œ & œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ . œ œ œ neathœ. we areœ allœ. ﬂesh andœ œ blood.œ ˙ Slowœ - ly we riseœ with our on repeat C G F Am ‰ j . & œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ w . voicœ. - es en- twined,œ the re --viœ. val hasœ onœ - lyœ œ just ˙ beœ. - gun. CHANT Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 2. Am C

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis . & . w¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ FIGHT WITH, FIGHT WITH, FIGHT WITH TOOLS! FIGHT WITH, FIGHT WITH, FIGHT WITH TOOLS! G F & ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ . FIGHT WITH, FIGHT WITH, FIGHT WITH TOOLS! FIGHT WITH, FIGHT WITH, FIGHT WITH TOOLS!

Performance Suggestion: • Repeat the verse while part of the group continues chanting.

Denver’s innovative 303 Choir provides 6th-12th graders opportunities to collaborate and perform with Denver metro artists. When Emma Bechler, a founding 303 Choir member, learned she’d be sharing the stage with hip-hop group FLOBOTS, she was inspired to write this introduction to their song “Fight with Tools.” In Jan 2017, FLOBOTS, 303 Choir, and Emma (at the piano) gave the premiere. In FLOBOTS' song, off their 2007 debut album, the "Fight with, fight with..." chant is heard under these lyrics: We need heroes / Build them / Don't put your fist up / Fill them / Fight with our hopes and our hearts and our hands / We're the architects of our last stand.

Words & Music by Brandon Williams Not too fast ( = 80) North Brunswick, NJ | 2017 Leader: q All (echo): continue F alternation: C 4 & b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ We are frightened, (we are frightened,) We are angry, (we are angry,) We are rising. (we are

Dm Bb Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ rising.) We are hope- ful, (we are hope- ful,) We are peaceful, (we are peaceful,) We are striv- ing. (we are

Bb/C F & b œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ striv- ing.) Won’t stop ﬁght- ing, (won’t stop ﬁght- ing,) won’t stop marching, (won’t stop marching,) won’t stop

C C Dm

Œ œ œ œ œ œ & b œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ dream- ing. (won’t stop dream- ing.) Won’t stop loving (Won’t stop loving) and pro--claim ing (and pro- claim- ing) and be-

Together: Bb C F F/A C A/C# œ œ œ œ ˙ j & b œ ˙ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ liev- ing. (and be liev-- ing.) Our voic---- es are u nit ed loud er than hate, We have Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1

Dm Am B F Am Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis b œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ & b œ œ œ œ Œ ‰ œ œ œ gath- ered here, We’ve had all we can take. The time has come, you will

7 Bb Fm Bb/A Gm F/A Bb C F œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & b œ œ œ œ Œ Œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ w hear our call. We’re ﬁght- ing for li-- ber ty and justice for all.

Performance Suggestion: • After you try it in Call & Response, try it in unison by singing only the BIG notes: ("We are frightened, we are angry, we are rising...")

Brandon writes: "The recent demonstrations and marches taking place throughout the country led me to the phrase "liberty and justice for all." Many steadfastly recite this line in the Pledge of Allegiance, but those words ring hollow for many American citizens who ﬁnd their civil liberties under attack and the scales of justice tipped in favor of the wealthy and powerful. Protests are a small portion of what we must do in order to work toward a nation that truly provides liberty and justice FOR ALL."

James Weldon Johnson, 1899 John Rosamond Johnson, 1905

= 66 7 q D GB Em G/D D#dim Em # 6 œ & 8 œ œ œ œ. œ. œ. œ œ œ. œ. œ. œ œ œ Lift ev- ’ry voice and sing, till earth and heav- en ring. Ring with the

Am B 7 C Am/C D 7 GB 7 # œ j & . œ. œ. œ. œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ. œ. har-- mo nies of lib - er - ty; Let our re --joic ing

7 E Am B CC#dim G/D # œ. œ œ j & œ œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ# œ. œ œ œ rise, high as the list- ’ning skies, Let it re - sound loud as the

D 7 G N.C. # j & œ. œ œ ˙. œ. œ. œ œ œ roll - ing sea. Singœ a . song full ofœ theœ faith thatœ theœ dark pastœ hasœ

# & œ. œb. œ œb œ taughtœ. us,œ. Singœ a . song full ofœ theœ hope thatœ theœ pre- sentœ hasœ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 7 7 7 GG#dim DU GB E Am B Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis # œ œ. œ œ œ j & ˙. . œ œ œ œ. œ. œ . œ œ brought us; Fac - ing the rising sun of our new day be - 7 CC#dim G/D D G # j & œ. œ œ œ# œ. œ œ œ œ. œ œ ˙. œ. gun, Let us march on till vic- to - ry is won.

Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, co-editor, writes: "Known by many as the Negro National Anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" has stirred souls for over a century. One of the lines that resonates with me the most is, "Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us..." What has our dark past taught you in your ﬁght for equity and justice? "

This music is in the Public Domain. This edition licensed for any and all distribution. Other inquiries: [email protected] 16. Lift Up Your Voice

Words & Music by Robinson McClellan New York, NY | 2008, arr. 2017 Dancing, in one ( . = 74) Dm q C Dm C Dm Leader 6 j & 8 . Œ. œ œ ˙. œ. Œ. ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Lift,œ. liftœ. up your voice!

All 6 . ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Œ. j Œ. & 8 . ˙. œ. . œ œ ˙. œ. (only on joy! Œ Lift,œ. liftœ. up your voice! repeat)

Repeat throughout Ostinato 6 . j Œ. & 8 œ. œ. . . œ. . œ. . œ. Lift up,œ. lift up,œ. liftœ up,œ. liftœ up,œ. lift up,œ. liftœ upœ yourœ voice!œ

Dm C Dm C Dm Leader: All: j j & œ. œ œ ˙. œ. Œ. œ. œ œ ˙. œ. Œ. Shoutœ. andœ. cry for joy! Shoutœ. andœ. cry for joy! (ostinato continues) Dm C Dm C Dm Leader: All: œ. œ œ j œ. œ œ j & œ. œ. œ. œ œ œ. œ. œ. œ. œ œ œ. Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 1. We will ﬁght/work for li --berJ ty and jus - tice!œ. We will ﬁght/work for li - berJ - ty and jus - œtice!. 2. We will shout for joy and cour - age! We will shout for joy and cour - age! Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

Dm C Dm C Dm Leader: All: π π Œ j j Œ j j & œ œ œ j œ. œ œ œ j œ. Nevœ. - erœ. quitœ. or cry surœ œ--renœ. der! Nevœ. - erœ. quitœ. or cry surœ œ--renœ. der!

Dm C Dm C Dm Leader: ƒ œ. œ œ. œ ˙. œ. œ. œ œ. œ ˙. œ. & Œ J . Œ. Œ J . Œ. Shout, we’ll shout for joy! Shout, we’ll shout for joy! ƒ All: œ. œ œ. ˙. œ. œ. œ œ. & ∑ ∑ Œ J œ. Œ. Œ J œ. Shout, we’ll shout for joy! Shout, we’ll shout for

Dm C Dm C Dm j & œ. œ. œ. œ. œ œ œ œ œ. ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ We will ﬁght/work for li - berJ - ty and jus - tice!œ. We will shout for joy and cour - age!

. . j & ˙ œ Œ. ∑ ∑ œ. œ. œ. œ. œ œ œ œ œ. joy! We will ﬁght/work for li - berJ - ty and jus - tice!œ. We will shout for joy and cour - age!

Dm C Dm C Dm

& Œ j Œ. Œ j Œ. . Shout,œ. we’llœ shoutœ. forœ. joy!˙. œ. Shout,œ. we’llœ shoutœ. forœ. joy!˙. œ.

& ∑ ∑ Œ j Œ. Œ j . Shout,œ. we’llœ shoutœ. forœ. joy!˙. œ. Shout,œ. we’llœ shoutœ. forœ.

ENDING: Repeat ad lib. Dm C Dm C Dm fade out gradually j j & . Œ. œ œ ˙. œ. Œ. œ. œ œ ˙. œ. Œ. . Lift,œ. liftœ. up your voice! Shoutœ. andœ. cry for joy! Repeat ad lib. (top note on repeat only) fade out gradually Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1

( ) . ˙. œ. . . j . j. Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis & . Œ Œ œ œ ˙. œ. Œ œ. œ œ . joy!˙. œ. Lift,œ. liftœ. up your voice! Shoutœ. andœ. cry for

Performance Instructions: 1) Divide the crowd into two groups: “All” and “Ostinato.” 2) “Ostinato” group continues throughout the song. 3) “All” group echoes the Leader. 4) Dance option: tap a heel on every downbeat (8 taps per line): RRLL RLRR.

From Robinson: The chord pattern and style are inspired by the Robert ap Huw manuscript of medieval Welsh harp music, which uses binary patterns of ones and zeros, like computer code, to show two-chord patterns. Welsh patterns tend to use a lot of symmetry and inversion. These patterns make the music easy to remember: if you know the pattern, you know the song! The pattern in this song is 1100 1011.

Words by John Betinis Music: Trad. American; adapt. John Betinis Amherst Junction, WI | 2017

In two ( = 96) h E A # ## # 2 . j j & 2 . œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ. œ œ œ. Œ 1. Fromœ theœ greatœ Atœ ---lan tic O cean to the wild Pa --ci ﬁc shore,˙ 2. Lis - ten to the peo - ple, hear our voic - es roar. 3. Lis - ten to the peo - ple, joinŒ the move - ment, get on board! 4. Lis- ten to the peo - ple, hear our voic - es roar. Œ B E # ## # j Œ & œ œ œ œ œ we’reœ marchœ - ingœ forœ. de ------moc ra cy, e quaœ œli tyœ andœ more.˙ Our rights will not be tram - pled by the rich who just want more. Vot - ing rights and jus - tice are not words to be ig - nored. OurŒ rights will not be tram - pled by the rich who just want more.

A # # # # j j Œ & œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œFree œ speechœ toœ us is sa - cred, our laws pro - tect us all.˙ Hear the might - y sound a --build ing; it’s our pla - net, raise a fuss! Our gov --ern ment be - longs to us, for all, not just the few. Hear the might - y sound a --grow ing, our move - ment’s on the rise. Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 A B E

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis # ## # Œ Ó . & j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ . œCome œ joinœ. theœ call for free - dom, build bridg - es,œ notœ a wall. Help de - fend our air and wa - ter; make the Con - gress work for us! Health - care and ed ---u ca tion, im ----mi gra tion re form, too. We’ll de - fend our right to speak out; ﬁght cor --rup tion and the lies!

John writes: Inspired by an old song celebrating a mighty train, I hope this oﬀering contributes to the voices of the people for justice -- may our movement gather steam and power positive social and political change. Power to the people!

Words compiled by Abbie Betinis Music by Abbie Betinis St. Paul, MN | 2017 Andante ( = 80) 1 q 7 DA Bm F#m GD Em A ## 4 . Œ œ œ j ‰ œ œ & 4 . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Loveœ is loveœ is loveœ is love, Love is love is love is love, Oh 2 j ## œ j j ‰ j j j j j j j ‰ & œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ Love is love is love is love,œ Ohœ love is love is love is love. Oh 3 MANTRA (additional group or audience may repeat this line) # & # ˙ Œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Œ . Love, love,˙ love.œ All weœ needœ is love, love love.œ Allœ weœ needœ œ is

opt. 4 # j œ œ & # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ ˙ ˙ œ œ œœ Œ . œU--- biœ caœ riœ tas et a- mor,* Where there’s love, love is love.œ

LAST TIME (all groups in unison) rit. Slower DA Bm F m GD Em7 A D

# Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 # U # Œ Œ Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis & ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ w Love, love,˙ love.œ All weœ needœ is love, love love.œ Allœ weœ needœ œ is love.w

Performance Instructions: (or make up your own!) 1) Divide canon singers into 2 to 4 groups. Teach an additional group (ex. audience/congregation) the mantra. 2) Canon singers sing ﬁrst three lines in unison; inviting Mantra Group to join in on line ③. 3) As Mantra Group repeats, start the canon. (Group 1 begins at ①. At ②, Group 2 begins at beginning, etc.) 4) Repeat canon as desired. Then repeat mantra until all groups have ﬁnished the canon. 5) Last Time is when all groups are in unison on the mantra. For an accompanied version, try singing this with Pachelbel’s Canon in D.

* from the Liber Usualis (Latin): “where there is charity and love”

Abbie writes: This song is dedicated to the victims, and survivors, of the Pulse nightclub tragedy in Orlando on June 12, 2016. Love is often the bravest thing we do. May love prevail.

Words traditional Spanish trad. African-American Spiritual transc. Justice Choir, 2017

GC D7 G G7 # & 4 ˙ ˙ œ œ œ. œ# ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ ¡No, no, no nos mo-- ve rán! ¡No, no, no nos mo---- ve rán! Co mo un ár

C G G/D D7 G # œ & œ œ œ œ ˙ œ. œ œ ˙. ‰ j bol˙ ﬁr-- me jun toœ al œrí - o, ¡no nosJ move - rán! Unœ -

C D7 # & œ œ œ. œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ. œ# œ ‰ j œ œ œ. œ œ œ Œ ni- dos en la lucha, ¡no nos move- rán! Unœ - ni- dos en la lucha,

G G7 C G G/D D7 G # œ & œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ. œ œ ˙. Œ ¡no nos mo--- ve rán! Co mo un ár - bol˙ ﬁr-- me jun toœ al œrí - o, ¡no nosJ move - rán! Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis Lyric Suggestions: This is a classic zipper song. Insert your own lyrics in place of “Unidos en la lucha.” For example: • “Por nuestros hermanos” • “United in the struggle” • “Standing up for [ethics / workers / immigrants]”

Original English lyrics: We shall not, we shall not be moved! We shall not, we shall not be moved! Just like a tree that's planted by the water, We shall not be moved!

From Ahmed Anzaldúa, contributing co-editor: “We Shall Not Be Moved” is sung all throughout the Spanish-speaking world in this version; it's the one I grew up with. “No nos moverán” was an important part of the Chicano movement of the 1960s as well as of the social justice and revolutionary movements across Spain and Latin America.

This music is in the Public Domain. This edition licensed for any and all distribution. Other inquiries: [email protected] 20. Oh, Be Swift to Love a canon in 4 parts Words by Henri-Frédéric Amiel Music by Nancy Grundahl Flowing steadily ( = 80) Minneapolis, MN | 2016 1 q # & 4 . ˙ œ œ. œ œ œ Oh,œ beœ swiftœn . to 2 # 4 . & 4 œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ love, J to love, andœn makeœ 3 # 4 & 4 ˙. ˙ haste, makeœ haste toœn beœ gather here until 4 canon is ﬁnished U # 4 . & 4 œ œ. œ (last time) . kind,˙ toœ be kind. œn . œ ˙ w G F/G # 4 . . & 4 w nw j j ? # 4 . j œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ . 4 . œw œw .

ENDING unis. # & Œ w ˙ Oh,œ beœ swiftœ and œ makeœ haste,œ beœ swiftœ and œ makeœ hasteœ toœ G F/G G F/G Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 # Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis & w nw w nw j j j j ? # jœ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ œw œw œw œw # & ˙. Œ n˙˙ ˙˙ w w love˙. and˙ be˙ wkind. w G F/G G # & w w w w w nw w w j j j ? # j œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ w œw œw œw From Nancy: w Performance Instructions: This simple, but profound text spoke to me when 1) Start with piano, bring in groups as noted. it appeared on a Facebook post in summer 2016, 2) Repeat as desired. during the antagonistic political conventions A full score (SSAA) is available from Alliance Publications. and following the killing of Philando Castille in This score, copyright © 2016 Nancy Grundahl, is licensed for free, non-commercial distribution. our community. Other inquiries or permissions: [email protected] 21. Oh, I Woke Up This Morning

Words traditional; adapt. Darrell Goodwin Music: trad. American; arr. Darrell Goodwin Hungry Horse, MT | 2017 Determined F Leader 4 & b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ w 1. Oh, I wokeœ upœ this morn - ingœ œ 2. I was walk - in’ and talk - in’ with my mind 3. I was sing - in’ and pray - in’ } High & b 4 Ó ∑ ∑ and it was

Low ? j b 4 Ó ∑ Œ‰ œ œ œ œ

7 F Bb

& b œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ Wokeœ up this morn - ingœ œ stayed on justice. Walk - in’ and talk - in’ with my Sing - in’ and pray - in’ } b & Œ œb ˙ ∑ stayed, stayed˙ onœ jusœ -œ tice, Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 ? œ ˙ œ œ. œ ˙ Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis b J ∑

F œ œ. & b w œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ J Wokeœ upœ this morn - œing œ mind stayed on justice. Walk - in’ and talk - in’ with my Sing - in’ and pray - in’ } b ∑ Œ ∑ & ˙ j and it was stayed, stayed onœ jusœ. - œ tice. ˙ ? j œ œ œ ˙ œ œ. œ ˙ b Œ‰ œ œ J ∑

& b w œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ mind stayed on jus - tice. Sing

& b ∑ Œ Œ and it was stayed, stayed˙ onœ jusœ - œb tice.œ œ

? j œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ b Œ‰ œ œ œ Œ

7 C Bb F j & b ˙. œ œ ˙. œ œ ˙ œ. œ ˙ hope, sing peace, sing jus - tice.

b Œ Œ & œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ Sing hope, sing peace, sing jus - œ œ tice.œ ˙

? œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ b Œ Œ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

Words & Music by Melanie DeMore Walking ( = 84) (swung: ŒÂ = Œ Ç‰) Oakland, CA | 2016 REFRAIqN Together: 4 Œ‰ j ‰ j & 4 j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ. œ Youœ gotœ - taœ putœ one foot in front of the oth - erœ andœ. lead˙ with love.

repeat several times for ending

Œ j ‰ . & Œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j . Put one foot in front of the oth - erœ. andœ. lead˙ withœ. love.œ

VERSES 1, 4 Leader: All: j j j j j j & ‰ œ. œ œ œ ‰ œ. œ œ œ ‰ œ. œ œ œ ‰ œ. œ œ œ 1., 4. Don’t give up hope, (Don't give up hope,) you’re notJ a- lone. (you’re notJ a lone.)-

To Refrain: j j j j . & ‰ œ. œ œ œ ‰ œ. œ œ œ ‰ . ‰ . . Don’t you give up, (Don’t you give up,) œ œ œ œ Keep mov- in’œ on.œ (Keep mov- in’œ on.)œ

VERSES 2, 3 Leader: All: Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 j j j j j j œ œ j œ œ j Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis & ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ‰œ œ œ 2. Lift up your eyes, (Lift up your eyes,) Don’t youJ J de - spair (Don’t Jyou J de - spair.) 3. I know you’re scared, (I know you’re scared,) and I’m scared, too. (and I’m scared, too.)

To Refrain: j j j j j j ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ j j ‰ j j . & œ œ œ j œ œ œ j . Look up a - head, (Look up a - head,) The path œis there.œ (The path œis there.)œ But here I am, (But here I am,) right next to you. (right next to you.)

Performance Suggestions: • Clap and/or stomp. • Watch Melanie's YouTube video for inspiration.

Melanie writes: “I was inspired by the great movements that were started out of the love for their people, not out of the hatred of others.”

Words & Music by D. Jasper Sussman St. Louis, MO | 2017 Gospel style E Leader: All: #### 4 & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Wouldœ yourœ ma- ma want you to be free? (Oh yeah.)…toœ beœ free to be theœ best that you can

Together: # ## # ‰ j œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œn œ œ œ œ œ œ be?œ œ (Oh yeah.) ’Cause ev - ’ry wom - an, man, and child has tœhe right to li - ber - tœy. Oœh œ pœn lease

Leader: # # & # # ŒŒ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ don’t take mœy free - dom from mœe. œ Would your ma- ma want you to be mean?

All: Together: #### j & Œ œn œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j ‰ œn œ ‰ œ œ œ (Oh no.) …thinkœ - in’œ you can choose whoœ gets to be free?œ œ (Oh no.) No mat - ter

# Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 ## # œ œ œ Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis & œ œn œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œn œ how you look or who you love or who you pray to up a - bove, mœy friend, you dœe - sœerveœ œe - quœal -œi -

Leader: All: # ## # ŒŒ Œ ‰ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ Wouldœ yourœ ma- ma want you to be free? (Oh yeah.) …toœ beœ free œty. œ

Together: # ## # ‰ j œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œn œ œ to be theœ best that you can be?œ œ (Oh yeah.) ’Cause ev - ’ry wom - an, man, and child has tœhe

(opt. repeat as desired) Leader: # # # # Œ & œ œ œ œ œn œ right to li - ber - tœy. Oœh œ please doœn’t taœke mœy frœee - doœm, All: #### & œ œ œ œ j ‰Œ Ó ‰ j right to li - ber - tœy. œOh œ œn please

# # & # # Ó ‰ j ŒÓ œ œ œn œ œ œ œ œ œ Oh please don’t take mœy free - dom from mœe. œ # # & # # ‰ j ŒÓ œ œ œ œ œ œn œ œ œ œ œ œ don’t take mœy free - dom, please don’t take mœy free - dom from mœe. œ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

D. Jasper Sussman writes: "I have been my mother’s caretaker for the past year. This short anthem (dedicated to her) came from my experience empathizing with my mom and from my desire to celebrate the power and beauty that can come from each and every one of us when we look at one another from the perspective of a loving mother."

Words & Music by Abbie Betinis St. Paul, MN | 2017 Determined, forceful ( = 60) First time, all in on Part 1 h 1 bbbb 2 Œ Œ ‰ j & b 2 ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Reœ --sil ienceœ we> are> strong> shoul- der to shoul- der keepœ 2 b b 2 > > j & b b b 2 œ ˙ œ Œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ Re - sil- ience we> are strong shoul- der to shoul- der keepœ (shout it!) 3 b > >œ >œ ˙ & b bbb 2 Œ Œ œ Œ œ œ Œ ˙ n˙ Oh! Oh! We are strong hold

1 bb b Œ Œ & b b œ œ œ œ œ movœ - in’ on Reœ - sil˙ - ienceœ makeœ œ a new plan 2 b b & b b b œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ Œ œ œ œ œ Œ mov- in’ on Re - sil - ience make a new plan

3 b b ˙ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ j & b b b J J œ œ œ on I wan- na make it and I know we will,J yes it’s Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis 1 bb b ‰ j . & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . ˙ stand up a- gain and sayœ yes we> can. Reœ --sil ience.œ > > - - > 2 b b j > & b b b œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ ˙- œ stand up a- gain and sayœ yes> we> can. Re- --sil ience.>

3 b b bb œ j ‰ . & b œn œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . ˙ hard to keep go- in’ but it’s worse> > to stand> still.> Reœ- --sil- ience.>œ

Performance Suggestions: • Sing Part 1 in unison; keep adding parts one by one. (Or improvise your own parts!) • Sing as a canon (where group 1 continues on line 2, etc.).

Copyright © 2017, Abbie Betinis Licensed for free, non-commercial distribution. Other inquiries or permissions: abbiebetinis.com 25a. Rise and Stand unison version Words & Music by Arianne Abela Stately ( = 63) Detroit, MI | 2017 q VERSES: E A #### 4 j & 4 œ œœœ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ 1.œ I œ will rise with all my daughœ - ters, Iœ œ will rise a - gainst my foes. œI œ will 2. I will risefor re-- li gious free - dom, for a rich di ---ver si ty, I will A E * #### j & œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ rise with all the moth - ers, œI œ will car - ry all their woes. œI œ will rise for all the wear - y, for each lone ---ly re fu gee. I will E A # ## # j & œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ rise to ﬁght for freeœ - dom, Iœ œ will rise, though faced with fears. Iœ œ will work for all our wom - en who de - serve e - qual pay, I will 1. 2. A E E # ## # j . j & œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ . œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ rise a - gainst all ha - tred whileœ œ my eyes are veiled in tears. wait a better day. Sis- ters, work for all our chil - dren who a - - REFRAIN: EA E A E A B sus B # ## # ˙ & ˙ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 Oh, stand withœ œ œ me.. Rise upœ œ handœ in hand.w

EA E A E C m7 Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis # # # & # # ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ Oh, stand withœ œ me.œ œWeœ will ﬁght toœ spreadœ loveœ. œ a- crossœ this

1. 2, 3. Repeat ENDING: B E B E refrain A E # ## # j . j Œ & œ. œ œ . œ. œ ˙ œ w bit- ter land. bit- ter land. œI œ will rise. 3. I will rise for love and justice that we may see a better day, I will rise in peace and service for our world in disarray, Arianne writes: “I wanted to address some I will rise with all my brothers for all those who cannot stand, current issues with an easygoing song that I will rise with all our fathers who have lost a home and land. was reminiscent of old Civil Rights songs that everyone could hum or sing.” 4. I will rise to build up bridges for this broken world we see, I will tear down walls between us that divide you and me. Editor's Note: It is possible to sing this Brothers, (* skip to Refrain) simultaneously with 25b. harmony version.

Copyright © 2017, Arianne Abela Licensed for free, non-commercial distribution. Other inquiries or permissions: [email protected] 25b. Rise and Stand harmony version* Words & Music by Arianne Abela Detroit, MI | 2017 Stately ( = 63) q VERSE 1: E A # ## # 4 j & 4 œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ 1. œI œ will rise with all my daughœ - ters, Iœ œ will rise a- gainst my foes. Iœ œ will

A E E # ## # j œ œ. œ œ œ œ & œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ rise with all the mo- thers, Iœ œ will carry all their woes. Iœ œ will rise toﬁght forfreeœ - dom,œ I œ will

A A E VERSE 2: # ## # œ j‰ œ œ j œ & œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ.œ œ œœ œ œ. œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ rise, though faced with fears. Iœ œ will rise a- gainst all hatred whileœ œ my eyes are veiled in tears.2. œI œ will

E A # ## # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ rise for re-- li gious freeœ - dom,œ forœ a rich di--- ver si ty, œI œ will

E # ## # j . & œ. œ œ œœ œ œ. œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 . œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ rise for all the wear-y, for each lone--- ly re fu gee, I will work forall ourwom- en who de - Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

A A E # # j & # # œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ Œ serve e- qual pay, I will work for all our children who a - wait a better day.

#### j j & œ œ ‰ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ. œ œ ‰ œ œ serve e- qualœ pay,œ œ I will work for all our chil- drenœ whoœ a - wait a bet- terœ day.œ œ Sis- ters, # # # # j ‰ Œ & œ œ œ . œ . serve e- qualœ pay,œ Iœ œ will workœ forœ allœ ourœ chilœ - drenœ. whoœ œ a - waitœ œ a betœ - terœ day.œ

Arianne writes: “I wanted to address some current issues with an easygoing song that was reminiscent of old Civil Rights songs that everyone could hum or sing.” * Editor's Note: It is possible to sing this harmony version simultaneously with the 25a. unison version.

Copyright © 2017, Arianne Abela Licensed for free, non-commercial distribution. Other inquiries or permissions: [email protected] 25b. Rise and Stand - pg. 2 REFRAIN: EA E A E A B sus B EA # ## # ˙ ˙ & ˙ œ œ œ . ‰ œ œ œ œ w ˙ Oh, stand withœ œ me, Rise upœ handœ in hand. Oh, # # # # ‰ & ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ oh, stand withœ œ me,œ. Rise up handœ in hand. ˙ Oh, # ## & # ‰ w œ œ œ w Oh, standœ withœ œ me,œ. riseœ up handœ inœ hand.w Oh,

7 VERSE 3: E A E C#m B E # ## # j & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ. stand withœ me.œ œWe will fight to spreadœ loveœ œ a- crossœ this bit- terœ land.˙ #### & œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ stand withœ œ me.œ. fight toœ spreadœ loveœ. œ a- cross this bit-œ terœ land.œ 3. œI œ will # ## & # ‰ œ œ œ j stand withœ œ œ me.œ. fight to spreadœ loveœ. œ a- crossœ thisœ bitœ. - terœ land.˙

E A Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 (middle voice: melody) # Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis ## # j & œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ rise for love and jusœ - tice thatœ weœ may see a better day,œ I œ will rise in peace and service forœ œ our # ## & # w ˙. Œ w Ohw ˙. ohw

E A # # # # j‰ j‰ & œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ world in dis-- ar ray.œ I œ will rise with all my brothœ - ers forœ œ all those who cannot stand,œ I œ will # ## # w ˙. & ˙. Œ Œ ohw ˙.

A E VERSE 4: # # w w & # # ˙ œ Œ oh Oh

#### j & œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ.œ œ œ œ œ. œ rise with all our fathers whoœ œ have lost a home and land. 4. œI œ will rise to build up bridgœ - es forœ œ this # ## # Œ & w ˙. w woh Ohw

A E # # w & # # ˙. Œ w ˙. Œ oh œ

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E A E C m7 BE N.C. # Oh, # # j # # œ œ œ œ. œ . . w ˙ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ. œ œ. ‰ ˙ stand with me. We will ﬁght to spread love a- cross this bit- ter land. Oh, # # # # ‰ & œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ stand withœ œ me.œ. ﬁght toœ spreadœ loveœ. œ a- cross this bit-œ terœ land.œ. Oh,

# ## & # ‰ j ‰ œ œ œ w standœ withœ œ me.œ. ﬁght to spreadœ loveœ. œ a- crossœ thisœ bitœ. - terœ land.œ. Oh,

Oh, # # ˙ ˙ # # œw œ œœ œ œ w˙ ˙ ˙ œw & œ œ œ œ. ‰ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ stand with me, Rise up hand in hand. Oh, stand with me, We will

#### & œ œ ‰ œ œ œ w˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ‰ stand withœ œ me,œ. Rise up handœ in hand. ˙ Oh, stand withœ œ me,œ.

#### & œ ‰ œ œ w œ ‰ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 stand withœ œ œ me,œ. Rise up handœ inœ hand.w Oh, standœ withœ œ me,œ. Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis ENDING: A E # j ## # œ œ œ . œ . & œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ. œ ˙ Œ ˙ œ w ﬁght to spreadœ loveœ œ a- crossœ this bit- terœ land.˙ I will rise. # ## # Œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ w ﬁght toœ spreadœ loveœ. œ a- cross this bit-œ terœ land.˙ œI œ will rise.

# ## & # j œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ ˙ ˙ œ œ w ﬁght to spread loveœ. œ a- cross this bit- ter land.˙ ˙ œI will rise.

traditional Zulu greeting Music by Jane Ramseyer Miller Minneapolis, MN | 2012 Invitingly ( = 100) GROUP 1 q Gm b 2 œ œ & b 4 . œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ 1. Sawu - bo œ- na,œ sawu - bo - na. 2. Sa ----ni bo na ni, sa ----ni bo na ni. œ œ. œ 2 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? bb 4 . œ œ

GROUP 2 Bb Gm Bb/D Gm b & b Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . 1. Ngi --kho na, ngi - kho - na. 2. Si - kho - na, si - kho - na.

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? bb Œ œ œ .

ALL VOICES Cm Bb Cm Bb Gm Bb/D Gm

j j Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 b . œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ . & b . œ. œ œ Œ œ. œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis œ 1. Sawu --bo œ na,œ ngi - kho - na. Ye - bo! Ye - bo! 2. Sa---- ni bo na ni, si - kho - na. œ. œ œ ˙ œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ ? bb . J Œ J Œ J .

Pronunciation: Translation: Sawubona: “sau - baw - na” ["sau" rhymes with “cow”] I see you (to one person) Sanibonani: “sa - nee - baw - na - nee” I see you (to many people) Ngikhona: “ngi - kaw - na” [like “ng” in “sing”] I am here Sikhona: “see - kaw - na” We are here Yebo: "yay-boh" Yes!

Words by Brennan Blue Music: Ar Hyd Y Nos, trad. Welsh Minneapolis, MN | 2017

Flowing ( = 104) 7 F q Bb Gm C Bb C F 4 j j j & b 4 œ. œ œ. œ . w 1. All whoœ wantœ peace, sing for jusœ - tice,œ gath˙ - erœ inœ song! 2. If you want peace, sing for jus - tice, join in the call! 3. We who want peace, work for jus - tice, so shall we grow.

7 F Bb Gm C Bb C F j j j & b œ. œ œ. œ . w Here weœ joinœ with friends and strangœ - ers,œ all˙ mayœ beœ - long. Jus - tice is love’s pub - lic sto - ry o - pen to all. We will work to see the day when all may be whole.

7 Bb Gm F/C C œ j & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ You who bring hope, fear, or sor - row, help us sing a new to --mor row.œ Har --mo ny is born of diﬀ - ’rence, notes and chords of lived ex --per ience. Nam - ing truths while bur - dens bear - ing, sing - ing, shar - ing, learn - ing, car - ing.

7 F Bb Gm C Bb C F j j j Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 & b œ. œ œ. œ . w All whoœ wantœ peace, sing for jusœ - tice, gath˙ - erœ inœ song!

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis œ If you want peace, sing for jus - tice, join in the call! We who want peace, work for jus - tice, so shall we grow.

Brennan writes: “This song was inspired by all of those who build peaceful, loving and sustainable community by keeping justice and equity at the heart of their work.”

Words & Music by William W. Brueggemann Duluth, MN | 2017 March Tempo ( = 100)

q9 (add 2) 9 (add 2) F Cm Bb F Cm Bb 4 œ œ. œ œ. & b 4 œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ (opt. instrumental∑ intro) ∑ ∑ Ó Œ 1. Takeœ a stand

7 F C sus Bb Bbm F Am /E j & b . œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ for all that you beœ - lieve in. Take a stand forJ ev --’ry oneœ in need. If our when --ev er they re - ject you. Take a stand to --geth er and with pride. When they

Dm B m/D F/C G(add 2)/B E 1. b b b C sus C

& b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w Ó Œ œ œ . aim is true,œ we must fol - low through!œ Takeœ a stand! 2. Takeœ a stand walk on us, we will make a fuss! Take a stand!

2. 7 C sus C Bb(# 11) Bb F Bb(# 11) A /C# œ œ œ œ & b Ó Œ œ . œ œ œ œ ˙ œ . œ œ œ œ

œ J œ J Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 We will stand wher-- ev er there is œsi- lence. We will stand to make our voices Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

(add 2) 7 (add 2) (add 2) Dm C Bb(# 11) Bb Dm F/G G Bb C sus Eb œ. œ œ œ j & b ˙. œ œ J œ œ œ ˙ œ œ. œ w heard. We will stand and ﬁght until the dayœ is won. Weœ will take a stand!

9 (add 2) 9 (add 2) F Cm Bb F Cm Bb

& b œ œ œ. œ œ œ w œ œ œ. œ œ œ ˙. œ œ “Let us take a stand! Let us take a stand!” Sayœ a prayer

7 F C sus Bb Bbm F Am /E j & b œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ for all of our op --pres sors. Say a prayer whenJ -- ev er you’re a- fraid. When they

(add 2) Dm Bbm/Db F/C G /B Eb C sus C > œ Ó Œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ w œ œ shoot and sting,œ we will shout and sing: “Take a stand!” We will

7 (add 2) Bb(# 11) Bb F Bb(# 11) A /C# Dm C œ œ œ œ & b . œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ . œ œ œ œ ˙. œ standJ a- gainst the ones who œsi- lence. Weœ will stand forJ -- ev er in their way, makœ - ing

7 (add 2) (add 2) Bb(# 11) Bb Dm F/G G Bb C sus Eb b œ. œ œ œ j & œ œ œ ˙ œ œ. œ w Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 songs toJ show them that our dayœ will come. Weœ will take a stand! Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

(clap on 2 and 4) 9 (add 2) 9 (add 2) F Cm Bb F Cm Bb Repeat ad lib.

& b . œ œ œ. œ œ œ w œ œ œ. œ œ œ w . “Let us take a stand! Let us take a stand!”

William writes: "Take A Stand" is about the diﬀerence that is made when individuals stand together with love and respect for all people and the courage to face opposition.

Words by Sheena Phillips Music: House of the Rising Sun, trad. English London, UK | 2015

Dm F Gm Bb Dm F A 12 j j j œ œ. œ œ œ. œ j Œ œœ & b 8 j œ œ. œ œ œ Œ J J œ ˙. œ. 1. Thereœ isœ. œ a place called Pla- netœ œ. Earth,œ. It is so blue and green, It’s

Dm F Gm Bb Dm A Dm œ. œ œ œ. œ j j j & b J œ œ Œ j j œ covered ’round with seas andœ œ. skies,œ. œ a wonœ. œ- œ der toœ# . œ be seen.w.

2. The long ice ages came and went, 5. And now the carbon’s building up, The dinosaurs they died, And now the ocean’s warm, And then up came the human race And now we need to turn around And spread itself worldwide. And cease from doing harm.

3. There came an age of industry, 6. So stop the hunt for fossil fuels, When coal and oil were mined, And start on wind and sun, And we burned them for their energy And learn to treasure Planet Earth– And work of every kind. For it’s our only one.

4. We drove our cars along the ground, 7. There is a place called Planet Earth, We ﬂew our planes above, It is so blue and green,

We felled the trees and killed the birds It’s covered ’round with seas and skies: Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 And hurt the earth we loved. A wonder to be seen. Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

Sheena writes: "This song was written for a group of young people to sing at the march against Climate Change in London in 2015."

Words & Music by Elizabeth Alexander Rock Beat ( = 108) St. Paul, MN | 2017 D h C D C ## 2 ŒŒ & 2 œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ONE:> Weœ seeœ that there’s a wrong to be right- ed. D C D C ## ŒŒ & œ œ œ œ œn œ œ œ œ ˙ TWO:> Weœ knowœ that we are stronger whenœ u --nit ed. D C D C ## ŒŒ & œ œ œ œ a˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ THREE:> Weœ exœ -- er cise our right to as --sem ble. D C D # # ŒŒ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ FOUR:> That’sœ whenœ the proud and might- y start to trem- ble. G 7 F 9 G 7 F 9 ## > > > > & œ œ œ œn œ œ œn œ ¿ ¿ œ œ œ œn œ œ œn œ ¿ ¿ Just is case you’re won --er ing, [clap clap] just in case you’re won --der ing, [clap clap]

7 7 5 G A (# ) # > >

# Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 & œ œ œ œn œ œ œn œ ¿ ¿ ˙ ˙ œn œ ˙ just in case you’re won --der ing, [clap clap] Hey, hey, look this way!

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis D C D Sing 3x (shout it!) ## > > > > > & . œn ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ . Thisœn œ is whatœ deœ --- moœ œ craœn cyœ looks like!œ SHOW ME WHAT DE- MOC RA -- CY LOOKS LIKE! G 7 Last time, D end here Shouted by All or by Leader Back to top: ## > > > > & œn ¿ Œ ¿ Œ ¿ Œ ¿ Œ . Thisœn œ is whatœ deœ --- moœ œ craœn cyœ looks like!œ ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!

Suggested percussion groove: Ó Œ Ó Œ ã ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Elizabeth writes: “Basing a song on my favorite protest chant wasŒŒ‰ an irresistibleJ Œ songwritingÓ challenge. I love it that very young children can shout out the numbers.”

Copyright © 2017, Elizabeth Alexander Licensed for free, non-commercial distribution. Other inquiries or permissions: seafarerpress.com 31. To Testify a round in 4 parts Words by Brian Laidlaw Music by Becky Gaunt St. Paul, MN | 2017 Andante ( = 92) q 1 # # 4 ‰Œ . & 4 . œ j œ œ œ Whileœ we can,œ. beœ - foreœ we die, 2 # & # 4 ‰Œ . œ j œ œ œ Whileœ we can,œ. beœ - foreœ we die, 3 # # 4 ‰Œ . & 4 . Ó œ j œ Whileœ we can,œ. beœ - foreœ we 4 # & # 4 ‰Œ . Ó œ j œ Whileœ we can,œ. beœ - foreœ we # # 4 . Œ‰ Œ‰ & 4 œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ (noœ L.H. ﬁrst time) œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # ? # 4 ‰Œ . œ. œ œ œ ˙ œ. œ œ œ ˙ # & # Œ . weœ areœ hereœ toœ tesœ --œ ti œfy. ˙

# Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 & # œ œ ˙ Œ . weœ areœ hereœ toœ tesœ -- ti fy. Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis ## . & œ œ . die, weœ areœ hereœ toœ tesœ --œ ti fy.œ œ # & # œ œ œ œ œ . die, weœ areœ hereœ toœ tesœ -- ti fy.

## Œ‰ . & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? # œn œ œ . # œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ . Performance Suggestions: Becky writes: • Sing part 1 in unison; add parts one by one. “I imagine the song as an empowering wake-up call, where one person • Sing as a round. awakens – answering the call – and shares the call with another as the (where part 1 continues on line 2, etc.) momentum builds to bring together people of all ages and walks of life.“ Copyright © 2017, Becky Gaunt Licensed for free, non-commercial distribution. Other inquiries or permissions: beckygaunt.org 32. Walking by Me

Words by Kristin and friends, 2017 Music by Kristin Lems Evanston, IL | 1980s Walking ( = 92) F q C 2 j j & b 2 œ. j œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ w 1. Su - sanœ œ œB. An --tho ny, she is walk - ing by me, 2. My own grand --moth er, she is walk - ing by me, 3. All of the suf --fra gists, they are walk - ing by me, 4. My old - er sis - ter, she is walk - ing by me,

F/C C F/C C F œ j j j & b œ œ œ œ. œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Walk- ing for e ---qua li ty, she is walking by me,œ Oh, œ (they are) C j j j j & b œ. œ ˙ œ. œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ w Walk- ing, walking, she is walking by me. (they are)

F/C C F/C C F œ j j j & b œ œ œ œ. œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Ó Walk- ing for e ---qua li ty, she is walking by me, (they are) Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis Performance Suggestions: • This is a zipper song; make up your own lyrics!

• Try clapping rhythm: ã Œ¿ ¿ Œ ¿

Kristin writes: I wrote "Walking by Me" as one of the rally songs for the great women's rights movements of the 1970's and 1980's. Often I was onstage while marchers were either arriving at or moving out of the rally area, and this got them started in their walking!

Words & Music by Reginald Unterseher Kenniwick, WA | 2017 Tempo variable F 4 & b 4 œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ 1. We are ris - œing œ upœ toœ - day, we are ris - ing up to - day, 2. Jus - tice in the world to - day, jus - tice in the world to - day, 3. We are march - ing on to - day, we are march - ing on to - day,

C F œ œ œ œ œ œ & b œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Ó we are ris - ing up to - day, ris - ing for our lives. jus - tice in the world to - day, jus - tice for our lives. we are march - ing on to - day, march - ing for our lives.

Lyric Suggestions: 4. Truth will set us free today…truth will free our lives. 5. We’ll fight for our rights today…fighting for our lives. 6. We are rolling on today…rolling for our lives. (wheelchair verse) 7. We will not give up today…won’t give up our lives. 8. We are fighting back today…fighting for our lives. 9. We’ll protect the earth today…earth, the source of life. 10. We’ll defend the [birds / land / river, etc]…the (thing) for all our lives. …or anything else that works for your group.

11. [Location name]’s staying strong today…strong for all our lives. Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1

clap Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis Suggested groove (“We Will Rock You”):: ¿ ã ¿ ¿ Œ stomp stomp

Words inspired by signs at the Women's March Music by Andrea Ramsey in Denver, CO, January 21, 2017 Boulder, CO | 2017

Marching ( = 84) D q Em/B D/A A S1 # 4 & # 4 ˙ œ ˙ ˙ Œ We choose˙ love,˙ sisœ - ter, we choose love,˙ Weœ areœ S2 # 4 & # 4 ˙ ˙ ˙ Œ We choose˙ love,˙ sisœ - ter,œ we choose love,˙ Weœ areœ A # 4 & # 4 ˙ Œ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ

D Bm G DA D ## Œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ marching with our sis- tersœ for our funœ --- daœ menœ œ talœ rights, We choose love.w # & # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ ˙ ˙ w marching with ourœ sisœ œ- tersœ for ourœ funœ --- daœ menœ œ talœ rights, We choose love.

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Performance Suggestions: • On successive verses, feel free to substitute other words for “sister” (brother, people, children, etc.). A leader may even call out new word choices during the ﬁnal sustained note. • May be performed in unison on the S1 part.

Andrea writes: “During the Women’s March in Denver, my friends suggested I create a song for us to sing while marching, so I drew inspiration from the signs around us to create “We Choose Love” and I will never forget how it felt to sing full-throated, walking down the streets of Denver with a spontaneous chorus of other people joining our song.”

Words traditional African-American Spiritual; arr. Tesfa Yohannes Wondemagegnehu Minneapolis, MN | 2017 = 66 q P bb 4 ∑ j Œ j Œ & 4 œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ We shall o-- ver come, J we shall o-- ver come, œ œ P ? 4 bb 4 w w w w w Oo

3 b ˙ & b œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ weœ shallœ œ o-- verœ come˙ somen˙ - day, œn- - œ- Oh, 3 - - - œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? bb œ œ œ ˙ Œ

b U & b ˙ œ œ j ˙ ˙ œ œ œ. œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ deep in my heart œ I do be - lieve, Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 U ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ w Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis ? b ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ# ˙ b˙ b ˙ u

rit. b U & b Tesfa writes: œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ w "What systemic issues need to be We shall o-- ver come some - day. addressed for us to truly overcome? How can we work together as a community to U make this happen?" ? b œ œ œ ˙ ˙ w b œ ˙ w

Words adapted by Darrell Goodwin Music: Vive L’Amour, trad. English; arr. Darrell Goodwin Hungry Horse, MT | 2017

7 7 Bb Eb F Bb Bb/F F Bb Melody b 6 j j & b 8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ ‰ 1. Letœ ev - ’ry good per - son now joinœ in ourœ song,œ J 2. A friend on the left and a friend on the right, We sing for jus - tice! 3. Now wid - er and wid - er our cir --cle ex pands, j Harmony œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ ? 6 œ œ œ œ œ. œ bb 8 ‰ ∑ ∑ . J ‰

7 7 Eb F Bb Bb/F F Bb b j j & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ ‰ It’sœ jus - tice for ev - ’ry - one, passœ it œa - long,œ In love and good fel --low ship, let us u - nite. We sing for jus - tice! We sing for our neigh - bors in far --a way lands, j œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ ? bb ‰ ∑ ∑ . ‰

7 Bb Eb F Bb b & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ We sing for, we sing for, we sing for peace, We sing for, we sing for, we sing for peace, Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? bb ‰ ‰

7 Gm Cm F Bb b j & b œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ We sing for peace, we sing for peace, we sing for jus - tice! œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ. œ ? b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ b ‰ ‰ œ. œ

“Vive L’Amour” (or “Vive La Compagnie”) has many variations around the world. Its first reference is in England's Traditional Ballads Index (1818), and it was published in the United States in 1844. It has a long history of political uses, including the 19th century Irish version “Ireland Blocks The Way,” and a U.S. Confederacy version sung during the American Civil War. Darrell writes: "I fondly remember singing this in college and thought it would make a fun song to adapt for the Justice Choir Songbook."

Words by Deanna Witkowski and Lemuel Colon Music by Deanna Witkowski New York, NY | 2017 Gospel 3 feel = 104) C 7{susq F G m/F F Gm7 3 j j & b 4 œ ˙ œ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ 1. Weœ walk˙ inœ love˙ œu --nitœ edœ inœ pur - pose. Weœ 2. We cry for peace and rights for all peo - ple. We 3. We dream a world of jus - tice and kind - ness. We œ œ ? 3 ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b 4 œ ˙ œ ‰ J ‰ J

A 7 Dm7 G 7sus G 7 C 7sus b j œ & ˙ œ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ Œ #join˙ our hands˙ andœ liftœ upœ oneœn voice.œb Weœ wel - come friends from far and near. We build a bridge cre --at ing new paths. We œ ˙ œ œ ? ˙ œ# ˙ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ Œ b J œ œ œ œ œ

7( 5) 6 B m b Bbm F/A F j œ œ & b ˙ œ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ œœ œ œ ‰ œ speak˙ theœ truth˙ withœ strengthœb andœ com --pas sion reJ -

ﬁght for those whose voic - es are si - lenced, re - Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 march with joy as all walk to --geth er. Em -

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis œ œ ? ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b ˙ œ n˙ ‰ œ œb œ œb œ ‰ J J 7 7 G m F/A G m/Bb F/C C sus C F œ œ & b œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ sound - ing with hope, with courœ - ageœ andœ joy.˙ sist - ing in faith un - til all are free. brac - ing each one, we bold - ly stand. œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ? b œ œ œ œ Deanna writes: "In writing the lyrics, I wanted to include only positive text. I looked at "Lift Every Voice and Sing" for inspiration, and created a list of words. My boyfriend, Lemuel Colon, came up with lyrics in places where I needed some help!"

Words & Music by Penny Stone Edinburgh, Scotland | 2017 Swing ( = 63) h 1 # 4 j j & 4 ∑ . Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ 1. we will build bridg--es; Jo pen up œa diﬀ - ’rent way. 2. we will love; o - pen up our arms so wide. 3. weŒ will keep sing-ing, shin - ing out the bright - est light.

2 # 4 j & 4 Œ œ . w œ œ j 1. Whenœ theyœ build walls, œ. o - penœ upœ œa diœﬀ. - ’rentœ œ œway. (2.) hate, o - pen up our arms so wide. (3.) truth, shin - ing out the bright - est light.

# j & œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ j œ œ w œ Œ œ œ œ œ When they close their eyes œ When they scream and shout, we will sing. Wheth- er you’re a When they try to si - lence us, } # j Œ & œ ˙ ˙ j œ w œ œ œ œ Whenœ they close their eyes˙ œ œ œ w œ œ œ œ œ When they scream and shout, we will sing. Wheth- er you’re a When they try to si - lence us, }

# ˙ œ ˙ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 friend or a strang - er, one world we’re trav- ’lin’ through,˙ wheth- er you’re Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis # & ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ

3 1, 2 3 # ˙ & œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ w . w fear- ful or in dan- ger, we will stand with you. you. 3 # . & ˙ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ . w œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2.œ When œ they teach w 3. When they hide the Penny writes: I wrote this song for Protest in Harmony Choir to sing in Scotland as part of the global protests against the election of Donald Trump as President of the USA. It celebrates and encourages the millions of ordinary people working against his poisonous rhetoric and instead reaching out to work together to create a more just world.

Words & Music by Kevin Caparotta Metairie, LA | 2017 With a swing ( = 104) q F Bb/C 4 & b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. We be - long with each oth - er and to --gethœ er we’reœ free. If we 2. We are strong - er to --geth er and to --geth er we’re free. Stand - ing 3. We take care of each oth - er and to --geth er we’re free. Tak - ing 4. We be - lieve in each oth - er and to --geth er we’re free. Hav - ing

F C F F 7 œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ all stand to --geth er, we’re free. Shar - ing love with each oth - er, with our strong with each oth - er, we’re free. Lift - ing up one an ---oth er, stand ing care of each oth - er, we’re free. Look - ing out for each oth --er, help ing faith in each oth - er, we’re free. Chil - dren, fa - thers, and moth --ers hav ing

7( 5) Bb Gm b F/C Bb/C F & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. sis - ters andœ broth - ers, if we all stand to --gethœ er, we’reœ free. up for our broth - ers, we are strong - er to --geth er, we’re free. out one an --oth er, tak - ing care of each oth - er, we’re free. faith in each oth - er, we be - lieve in each oth - er, we’re free. Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

Kevin writes: The inspiration for “We’re Free” came from the idea that we can rise above injustice by standing together and by caring for one another, despite our diﬀerences.

Words & Music by Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease Happily ( = 96) Central Wisconsin | 2007 REFRAINq Leader: D All: Em/B # # 4 œ & 4 œ œ œ œ. œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. We’re gonna shine, (we’re gonna shine) we’re gonna shineœ (we’reœœ gonœœ - naœœ shine)œœ ev- ’ryœ

G D # # œ œ œ œ & œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œœ œœ œœ œ œ. œ. œœ œœ. œœ œ œ. dayœ (evœœ.- ’ryœœ day)œœ œa- ny time (a- ny time) when we’re strong, (when we’re. strong,) when we’re

Em/B G D To Verses: ## & œ œœ œœ. œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ kind, (whenœ we’reœ. kind,)œ We’re gonna shineœ (we’reœœ gonœœ - naœœ shine)œœ we’reœ gonœ - naœ shine.œ (we’reœœ gonœœ - naœœ shine.)œœ

VERSE 1 G D GD GD A # & # œ œ œ œ Œ‰ œ œ œ Œ ‰ j œ œ œ Œ œ ŒŒ‰ œ œ Like light- ning bugs, likeœ œ a la- ser beam, likeœ water lit by stars,œ like the 7 G D F# Bm GD A To Refrain: ## j j & œ œ œ œ Œ‰ œ œ œ Œ‰ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ ŒŒ . moon at night, orœ a œu-- ni corn, or the songs on my gui - tar. œ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis VERSE 2 GD GD GD A ## j j j & ‰ j œ. œ œ ‰ j œ. œ œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ ŒŒ‰ œ Theœ sun comes out andœ says hel- lo toœ ev-- ’ry liv ing crea- œ ture: the 7 G D F# Bm GD A To Refrain: # j & # œ. œ œ ‰ j œ œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ ŒŒ . frogs and chicks andœ walkœ - ing sticks andœ ev- ’ry kid and teach - œer.

ENDING Em/B Leader: All: D Repeat ad lib. ## . . & œ œ œ . œ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . We’re gonna shine, (we’reœ gonœ - naœ shine)œ we’reœ gonœ - naœ shineœ (we’reœœ gonœœ - naœœ shine)œœ we’re gonna

Words & Music by Barb Tilsen Minneapolis, MN | 2017

Marching ( = 108) VERSE 1: q Leader # # 4 ‰ Œ Œ ‰ j & 4 j œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. We’veœ gotœ theœ right to or-- gan ize, We’veœ gotœ theœ

All (echo) ## 4 ∑ ‰ Œ ∑ & 4 j œ 1. We’veœ gotœ theœ right

# # j j j œ Ó & œ ŒŒ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ right to protest lies, We’ve got the rightJ to sur- vive,œ œ Toœ makeœ œ it # j # ‰ Œ ∑ ‰œ œ œ œ œ ‰ ∑ & j œ J We’veœ gotœ theœ right We’ve got the right

Together: # & # j ‰ ‰ j j ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 right, Weve got the right, Toœ makeœ œ it right, we’ve got the right. Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

VERSES 2-5: # # . ‰ ŒŒ j j & . j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2. Oh,œ fromœ theœ start of our coun - try, From the 3. We’ve or --gan ized down‰ through the years, We’ve or --gan 4. Oh, at the heart of de ---mo cra cy, At the 5. We’ve got the right ‰ to or --gan ize, We’ve got the # # . Ó ‰ Œ ∑ & . j œ 2. Oh,œ fromœ theœ start 3. We’ve or --gan ized 4. Oh, at the heart 5. We’ve got the right

# # Œ Œ j j & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ start ‰ J ﬁght - in' tyr --an ny, Oh from the ized blood, sweat, and tears, We’ve or --gan heart re - spon ----si bi li ty, Oh at the right to pro - test lies, We’ve got the ‰ # & # Œ Œ ∑ ‰ œ Fromœ theœ startœ We’veJ or --gan ized At the heart We’ve got the right

## ‰ j & œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ start,J the pro - mise to be œfree, œ Toœ makeœ œit ized for free - doms we hold dear. To make it heart it’s up to you and me: To make it right eyes on the prize, To make it ‰ ## Œ œ ‰ ∑ & œ œ œ œ ‰ J From the startJ We’ve or - gan - ized At the heart We’ve got the right Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1

(After last verse, repeat as desired) Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis # # j ‰ ‰ j ‰ . & œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ j œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ . right We've got the right toœ makeœ œ it right we've got the right.

(After last verse, repeat as desired) ## Œ ‰ j ‰ . & œ œ œ œ œ ˙ j œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ . We've got the right toœ makeœ œ it right we've got the right.

Barb writes: "Democracy is about our right to organize together, and I wrote “We’ve Got the Right” because too often protests for peace and justice are treated as un-American acts of extremists rather than the intrinsic, fundamental right guaranteed us in our constitution."

Words by Jane Ramseyer Miller Music: Halesyesan shew helweyn, trad. Syrian St. Paul, MN | 2017 adapt. and arr. Jane Ramseyer Miller

Joyfully ( = 72) q D A 7 Leader: All: Together: # 4 œ œ œ & # 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. Wel - come all (Wel - come all) this land. (to this land) Joinœ your hands, raiseœ your voic - es, we are

D (clap) Leader: All: Together: ## œ œ & œ ¿ ¿ ¿ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ one! Share our food, (Share our food,) lend a hand, (lend a hand,) withœ our

A 7 D A m D m (clap) ## œ nn œ œ j & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ¿ ¿ ¿ œ b œ œ œ œ œ songs of loveœ and jus - tice we sing on! Come, singJ out for jus - tice,œ

A 7 D m D m/A A 7 D j & b j œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Jsing out forœ peace. May our songs of free - domœ nev - erœ cease!

2. No more bombs – in the air Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 Love all children – everywhere. Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis 3. Black and white – straight and queer Challenge hate – banish (or “embrace”) fear

4. Standing proud – we march on. All together – we are strong

5. Share your story – speak truth Seek the wisdom – of our youth.

6. Challenge hate – challenge fear Listen fully – lend an ear.

7. Love our land – care for earth (OR “Embrace love – for Mother Earth) Water joy – foster mith!

…OR CREATE YOUR OWN VERSES!

Words by Kevin T. Padworski Music: Somos del Señor, Mexican hymn; arr. Padworski Denver, CO | 2017 = 40 7 7( 9) h D E m/D D Em A b D Melody ## 2 j j & 2 Œ œ œ œ. ˙ Œ œ œ. œ œ œ ˙ 1. Whenœ we are sing œ- ing, we areœ bound to --gethœ. er, 2. Through times of trou - ble, through times of pain, 3. When we are help - ing, we can be our best,

Harmony # # 2 Œ Œ j & 2 œ . œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ ˙ 7 7( 9) E m/D D Em A b D # # Œ j Œ j & œ œ œ. œ ˙ œ œ. œ whenœ we are shar - ing, we areœ free to be.w we of - fer heal - ing, like a gen - tle rain. when we are lov - ing, hurt is put to rest. # # Œ Œ j & œ ˙ œ. œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ. œ w 9 7 7( 9) D/F# G Em A b F#m # & # Œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Œ œ ˙ ˙ Bothœ in our sing - ing andœ inœ our shar - ing,

Both in our heal - ing and in our car - ing, Justice Choir Songbook, Volume 1 Both in our help - ing and in our lov - ing,

Made Possible by Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis # # Œ ˙ Œ & œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œb ˙ ˙ 7 7 7( 9) B m E m/B B m Em E m /A A b D ## & Œ œ Œ . j weœ areœ bringœ - ing change,w weœ areœ makœ - ingœ peace.w # & # Œ Œ œ œ. j œ œ œ œ w œ œ œ. œ w Kevin writes: "I wrote this text and arranged the song with the hope that through the practice of singing together, even those with seemingly unsurpassable differences find common ground and community." This tune appears in numerous hymnals in the United States credited as "Traditional Mexican". However, no one really knows who composed it originally, and the song has no characteristics of Mexican indigenous music. It first made its appearance in the songbook, Celebremos II in 1983, transcribed from an interview with a Mexican woman in Los Angeles following a worship service. It may have been written some time in the 1960s. - Ahmed Anzaldua, co-editor Copyright © 2017, Kevin Padworski Licensed for free, non-commercial distribution. Other inquiries or permissions: [email protected]