Labor playlists.

[rivka]

I wish my iPod hooked up to the ancient CD player we'll be taking to the hospital - it would certainly make eveything simpler. Instead I'm burning CDs.

2009 Labor Mix: Calm
"I Know this Rose Will Open" - Chancel Choir, First Unitarian Church of Oakland
I know this rose will open, I know my fear will burn away...
"On Children" - The Flirtations
They come through you, but they are not from you, and though they are with you they belong not to you.
"We Are" - Sweet Honey in the Rock
When each child is born, a morning star rises and sings to the universe who we are.
"Fields of Gold" - Eva Cassidy
In his arms she fell as her hair came down, among the fields of gold.
"Lullabye for a Stormy Night" - Vienna Teng
Everything's fine in the morning, the rain will be gone in the morning, but we'll still be here in the morning.
"Rock Me to Sleep" - Jill Sobule
I wish I had my mother, I wish I had my father back, I wish I had my baby, I wish I had someone to rock me to sleep...
"Down to the River to Pray" - Alison Krauss
O children, let's go down, let's go down, come on down...
"Secure Yourself" - Indigo Girls
Fasten up your earthly burdens, you have just begun.
"An Aching and a Longing" - Martyn Joseph
We don't know nothing, we don't know much - just an aching and a longing to be loved.
"Let It Be" - The Beatles
And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
"Stay By Me" - Annie Lennox
We stumble, we falter, but we're no different to anyone...
"Gypsy" - Suzanne Vega
Hold me like a baby that will not fall asleep, curl me up inside you and let me hear you through the heat...
"All Will Be Well" - Meg Barnhouse
All will be well, all will be well, all manner of things will be well.
"Well Hall" - Bare Necessities
(wordless)
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Israel Kamakawiwoole
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

2009 Labor Mix: Strong
"Mother and Child Reunion" - Paul Simon
The mother and child reunion is only a moment away.
"A Fire Is Burning" - Oysterband
We do our best work in the dark, we do our thinking on the run - we will hang together til the longest day is done.
"We'll Understand it Better By and By" - Sweet Honey in the Rock
We'll tell the story of how we've overcome, and we'll understand it better by and by.
"How Can I Keep from Singing?" - Eva Cassidy
No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that rock I'm clinging. While love prevails on heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing?
"More Love" - Dixie Chicks
More love, to flow in between us, to take us and hold us and lift us above...
"There is More Love Somewhere" - Jason Shelton
I'm going to keep on til I find it, there is more love somewhere.
"God Saw Fit to Make Tears" - Alistair Moock
Everybody's a soldier, everybody's a rock - everybody is living with whatever they've got.
"Call and Answer" - Barenaked Ladies
If you call, I will answer. If you fall, I'll pick you up.
"Birth-Day (Love Made Real)" - Suzanne Vega
One thing I know, this pain will go. Step through all that's left to feel, wait to meet my love made real.
"Thunder and Rainbows" - Martyn Joseph
The light or the shade, concealed or displayed, enemies, friends, opposite ends...
"Love Will Come to You" - Indigo Girls
And I wish her insight to battle love's blindness, strength from the milk of human kindness, a safe place for all the pieces that scatter...
"Something Inside So Strong" - Olympia's Daughters
I know I'm going to make it, because there's something inside so strong.
"I Come From Women" - Amy Carol Webb
I come from women tender as roses, I come from women strong as stone. I come from women who taught me no one ever fights alone.
"All Will Be Well" - Meg Barnhouse
No one does not know, does not know about pain. But she said: all will be well, all will be well. All manner of things will be well.

Comments

[ahforgetit.livejournal.com]

I prefer the Enya version of "How can I keep from singing".

And let me recommend, for singing to Niblet and to Alex, Karine Polwart's "Daisy", "I'm gonna do it all" and "12345". That last isn't on any album, you can download it from her website. The cheeriest song ever.