Songbirth Playlist

Including original songs by Fehlya Ehrlander

Listed alphabetically by title

Ancient Mother

Brooke Medicine Eagle, 2nd verse Fehlya Ehrlander

Ancient mother, I hear you calling

Ancient mother, I hear your sound

Ancient mother, I hear your laughter

Ancient mother, I taste your tears


Ancient mother, I feel you holding me

Ancient mother, your strength provides

Ancient mother, I love and honor you

Ancient mother, we are as one

Angel Wash Song

Aimee Ringle and Aimee Kelley

I behold you beautiful one

I behold you child of the earth and sun

Let my love wash over you

Let my love watch over

Before

Traditional, adapted by Fehlya Ehrlander

Before the bread, the flour, and before the flour, grain

Before the grain, the sunshine, and the earth and the wind and the rain

Before the song, the singer, and before the singer, air

Before the air, creator, and before creator, prayer

Blessings on the Blossoms

Traditional

Blessings on the blossoms, blessings on the fruits

Blessings on the leaves and stems, blessings on the roots

Blessings Whenever you Breathe

Melanie DeMore

Blessings whenever you breathe, blessings whenever you breathe

Blessings whenever you breathe, blessings all around

Breathe in the Light

Fehlya Ehrlander

Breathe in the light, soak up the love

Sparkling through you, all around and above

Clip Clip Clop

Traditional, adapted by Fehlya Ehrlander

Clip, clip, clop, we go and then we stop x 2. (gently bouncing child on knees)

Trudge along my little pony, where it’s rough and where it’s stony. (slower but more wobbly)

Clip, clip, clop, we go and then we stop x2. (gentle bouncing)

Pony you can gallop faster when you’re out in open pasture. (fast bouncing)

Clip, clip, clop, we go and then we stop. (gentle bouncing)

Come Arise

Traditional

Come arise, come arise

The rooster crowed

The sun has begun on his golden road

Corner to Corner

Traditional

Corner to corner, meet and greet

We fold our cloth so nice and neat

Divine Mystery

Heather Houston

I am opening up for a dance with divine mystery

Oh I am trusting the path that’s unfolding before me with ease

Just let go now, trust the flow

Just let go now, then you’ll know

Flowing Water

Traditional

Flowing water, gently flowing river

Finding a path to the deep blue sea

Calm and silent, gently flowing river

Your reflection I will be

From the Overflow

Heather Houston

I will care for myself and fill myself up ‘cause in my fullness I overflow

I’m overflowing with gratitude

I have more than enough and I’m giving my love to you

Good Morning

Fehlya Ehrlander

Good morning, good morning

It’s such a lovely morning

The world is born anew/There’s sun and there is dew

Good, morning, good morning to you

Here in the Moment

Madeline Moss

Here in the moment

Moment flows to moment

And so the path unfolds

Here we are Now

Traditional (Sleep baby sleep), adapted by Fehlya Ehrlander

Here we are now, baby you and I

The stars are shining over the sea and dusting with gold the dreamland tree

Here we are now

I am One Part

Fehlya Ehrlander

I am one part of a larger being

I am one in a family

I am supported by many arms and by the web all around me

I Know This Rose Will Open

Rev. Mary Grigolia

I know this rose will open

I know my fears will burn away

I know this soul will unfurl it’s wings

I know this rose will open

I Release Control

Alexa Sunshine Rose

I release control and surrender to the flow of love

That will heal me

I Trust in the Power of my Body

Copperwoman

I trust in the power of my body to bring this little one into my arms

I trust in the power of my body to keep this little one safe from harm

I lay down my fears and let them wash away

I lay down my fears and let my courage take their place, let my love take their place

Jewels

Barbara McAfee

Every time I go into the darkness, I return with fistfuls of jewels

Midnight velvet wraps all around me, stars glitter brilliant above

Dreaming darkness, dreaming light

Loosen, Loosen

Aly Halpert

Loosen, loosen baby, you don’t have to carry the weight of the the world in your muscles and bones

Let go, let go, let go

Holy breath and holy name, will you ease, will you ease this pain?


Meditation on Breathing

Sarah Dan Jones

Breathe in, breathe out

When I breathe in, I’ll breathe in peace

When I breathe out, I’ll breathe out love

Most Beautiful Sky

Jennifer Levenhagen

Most beautiful sky, I see how you change each day and each day remain

My Feelings

Fehlya Ehrlander

My feelings are healthy and normal

They will come and I will listen

They will go and change into other things

Just like the beautiful sky

One Day at a Time

Penny Stone

One day at a time x 4

Keep it simple x 4

Oneness

Madeline Moss, arranged by Fehlya Ehrlander

In the damp wet forest filled with mushrooms and ferns

I feel safe, I feel connected

They breathe out, I breathe in

We are we, we are we

Pool of Peace

Elizabeth Crow

No matter how the waves crash, the ocean is calm beneath

Dive deep into your pool of peace

Push the Shovel In

Traditional, adapted by Fehlya Ehrlander

Push the shovel in and turn the soil over, sprinkle in the seeds and cover them with earth

Shine gentle sun, fall gentle rain, bring new life to the garden again

Pull the little weeds and keep the soil watered

Harvest ripened fruits and eat them fresh and warm

Gather the seeds and store them carefully, they’ll bring new life to the garden again

River of Birds

Libana

There’s a river of birds in migration, a nation of women with wings

Skidamarink

From the Original by Felix F. Feist (lyrics) and Al Piantadosi (music)

Skidamarink a dink a dink, skidamarink a doo, I love you x2. (fingers gently walking up child’s body)

I love you in the morning and in the afternoon. (make a sun with arms or hands)

I love you in the evening and underneath the moon. (make a moon with one curved hand)

Skidamarink a dink a dink, skidamarink a doo, I love you (walk fingers on child, end in hug or tickle)

Standing Stone

Melanie DeMore

I will be your standing stone

I will stand by you

Tending the Spark

Heather Houston

We will care for each other as the world around us unravels

And we will tend to the spark of hope that lives within our grieving hearts

And we are here now in the present moment lifting our voices and hearts

We are here now, we have come together, we are tending the spark

Of hope, may it grow

The Truth

Velma Frye

I will believe the truth about myself

No. matter how beautiful it is

The Way Knows the Way

Lyndsey Scott

You don’t have to know the way, the way knows the way

You don’t have to plan the way, trust the way, feel the way

The way knows, the way knows, the way knows the way

This is Home

Sofia Efthimiou

This is home, where I belong in this breath in this heart

This is home, where I belong in this voice in this song

We are Weaving Our Lives

Alexa Sunshine Rose

We are weaving our lives

We are weaving our hearts and our minds

We are weaving the light and dark threads of our journeys through

We are weaving our lives

We are weaving a blanket of light

We are weaving a basket to hold all that’s true

We Let it Be

From the Original by Rickie Byars Beckwith

We (or I) let the love (joy, peace, love) wash over us (me)

We let, we let it be

Wisdom in my Bones/Walking Woman

Heather Pierson/Judith Silver

I’m comin’ home to the wisdom in my bones, in my bones, I’m comin’ home to the wisdom in my bones

I long for rest, I long for peace, I’m comin’ home to the wisdom in my bones

Walking woman, one step and another

Body and spirit, coming together

Moving fields of grain, glittering water

Soothe my soul, moving meditation

Sound Examples

Examples of types of sounds that are supportive to the nervous system,

so useful in labor and in daily stress.

Five Elements Framework of the Full Voice Method

Full Voice is created by Barbara McAfee.

The five elements are Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, and Air