What is Song Circle?
On the first Wednesday of the month, we meet over Zoom to sing around the virtual campfire. Led by mentor Cary Sheldon, Song Circle is a fun and FREE event that celebrates our shared love of music.
Song Circle Archive
Each month we add more songs and post them to the main Song Circle workshop page. After each session, we’ll port the songs over to this archive page where you can continue to access the info, lyrics, and chords and enjoy singing with your friends at home. And who knows, we may pull from the archive for our live sessions, too!
Season One: 2022-2023
The first Song Circle session featured some of Cary’s favorite songs. She was assisted by her long-time friend, the renowned guitarist John Schott.
Rivers of Babylon
Music and Lyrics by Brent Dowe
Performed by The Melodians
Long Black Veil
Music and Lyrics by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin
Performed by Joan Baez
Dream a Little Dream
Music by Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt; lyrics by Gus Kahn
Performed by The Mamas and the Papas
Bye Bye, Love
Music and Lyrics by Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
Performed by The Everly Brothers
We Shall Not Be Moved
African-American Spiritual
Performed by Mavis Staples
All of Me
Music and Lyrics by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons
Performed by Willie Nelson
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Music by Charles Gabriel, lyrics by Ada Habershon
Performed by The Carter Family
Down by the Riverside
African-American Spiritual
Performed by Pete Seeger
Goodnight, Irene
Words and music by Leadbelly
Performed by Leadbelly
I’ve Just Seen a Face
Words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Performed by The Beatles
Unlock the Mar 1 session video!
The April 2023 session featured Guest Artist David Gans, host of The Grateful Dead Hour.
Freight Train
Words and music by Elizabeth Cotten
Performed by Elizabeth Cotten
Yesterday
Words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Performed by The Beatles
Ripple
Words and music by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia
Performed by The Grateful Dead
Yellow Submarine
Words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Performed by The Beatles
All I Have To Do is Dream
Music and lyrics by Boudleaux Bryant
Performed by The Everly Brothers
I Know You Rider
Traditional, American
Performed by The Grateful Dead
Ob La Di, Ob La Da
Words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Performed by The Beatles
Wayfaring Stranger
Traditional, American
Performed by Emmylou Harris
Shady Grove
Traditional, American
Performed by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
O Mary Don’t You Weep
Words and music by Elizabeth Cotten
Performed by the Fisk Jubilee Singers
Unlock the Apr 5 session video!
The May 2023 session featured Guest Artist John Schott, a renowned guitarist, composer, and educator who loves Bob Dylan’s music!
The Times They Are a-Changin’
Words and music by Bob Dylan
Performed by Bob Dylan
This Land is Your Land
Words and music by Woody Guthrie
Performed by Woody Guthrie
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Words and music by Bob Dylan
Performed by Bob Dylan
When Will I Be Loved
Music and lyrics by Phil Everly
Performed by The Everly Brothers
I Shall Be Released
Words and lyrics by Bob Dylan
Performed by Bob Dylan
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Traditional, American
Performed by Bill Monroe
Blowin’ in the Wind
Words and music by Bob Dylan
Performed by Bob Dylan
Little Moses
Traditional, American
Performed by Sara & Maybelle Carter
That’ll Be the Day
Words and Music by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison
Performed by Buddy Holly & the Crickets
I Still Miss Someone
Words and Music by Johnny Cash and Roy Cash, Jr.
Performed by Johnny Cash
Mr. Tambourine Man
Words and Music by Bob Dylan
Performed by Bob Dylan
Unlock the May 3 session video!
The June 2023 session featured Guest Artist Candace Johnson, who led us in a joyful session of traditional spirituals
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Wade in the Water
We Shall Not Be Moved
Down By the Riverside
Steal Away
Go Down Moses
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Arranged by Dr. Candace Y. Johnson
Learn the arrangement with us on this rehearsal video
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Unlock the June 7 session video!
Season Two: 2023-2024
The October 2023 session featured Guest Artist Kathy Kennedy and “Girl Group” songs from the Sixties.
Chains
Jerry Goffin, Carol King
Performed by The Cookies
Be My Baby
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector
Performed by The Ronettes
Da Doo Ron Ron
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector
Performed by The Crystals
One Fine Day
Carol King & Gerry Goffin
Performed by The Chiffons
Chapel of Love
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector
Performed by The Dixie Cups
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Carole King, Gerry Goffin
Performed by The Shirelles
Iko Iko
Barbara Hawkins,Rosa Hawkins & Joan Johnson
Performed by The Dixie Cups
Heatwave
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland
Performed by Martha & the Vandellas
Sally Go ‘Round The Roses
Abner Spector, Lona Stevens & Zell Sanders
Performed by The Jaynetts
He’s So Fine
Ronald L. Mack
Performed by The Chiffons
Stop! In The Name Of Love
The Supremes
Performed by Diana Ross & The Supremes
Please Mr. Postman
Holland, Gorman, Dobbins, Bateman & Garrett
Performed by The Marvelettes
Unlock the October 4 session video!
The November 2023 session featured Guest Artist Maurice Tani and “The American Songbook and More.”
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
Rodgers and Hammerstein
From “Oklahoma!” Soundtrack
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Roy Turk & Lou Handman
Performed by Elvis Presley
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks, Fats Waller
Performed by Fats Waller
It Had To Be You
Isham Jones & Gus Kahn
Learn the song with Maurice Tani!
Que Sera, Sera
Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
Performed by Doris Day
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Leo Friedman & Beth Slater Whitson
Learn the song with Maurice Tani!
Dream a Little Dream
Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt; lyrics by Gus Kahn
Performed by The Mamas and The Papas
Erie Canal
Thomas S. Allen
Learn the song with Maurice Tani!
All of Me
Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons
Performed by Willie Nelson
Bye Bye Blackbird
Ray Henderson & Mort Dixon
Performed by Peggy Lee
Yesterday
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Performed by The Beatles
What’ll I Do?
Irving Berlin
Learn the song with Maurice Tani!
Bye Bye Love
Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
Performed by The Everly Brothers
Unlock the November 1 session video!
The February 2024 session featured Guest Artist Jill Rogers performing Country & Americana tunes.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams
Performed by Hank Williams
Walkin’ After Midnight
A Block, A W. Block & D Hecht
Performed by Patsy Cline
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Ada R. Habershon & A. P. Carter
Performed by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Angel from Montgomery
John Prine
Performed by Bonnie Raitt
Oh, Lonesome Me
Don Gibson
Performed by Don Gibson
Hey, Good Lookin’
Hank Williams
Performed by Hank Williams
Desperado
Don Henley & Glen Frey
Performed by Linda Ronstadt
Erie Canal
Authorship in question
Performed by Pete Seeger
The Cat Came Back
Harry S. Miller
Performed by Cisco Houston
Didn’t Leave Nobody But The Baby
Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss And Gillian Welch
From “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” Soundtrack
Farther Along
W. B. Stevens & R. Baxter
Performed by Bill Monroe
I Saw the Light
Hank Williams
Performed by Hank Williams
Watch the February 7 highlight video!
The February 2024 session featured Guest Artist Aireene Espiritu taking us on “Folk Journeys Through Time and Place.”
Jamaica Farewell
Lord Burgess
Performed by Aireene Espiritu
You Are My Sunshine
Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell
Performed by Aireene Espiritu
Forever Young
Bob Dylan
Performed by Aireene Espiritu
What a Wonderful World
Adler, Alpert & Cooke
Performed by Sam Cooke
Tennessee Waltz
Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart
Performed by Aireene Espiritu
On the Road Again
Willie Nelson
Performed by Willie Nelson
Five Hundred Miles
Hedy West
Performed by Peter, Paul, and Mary
Hard Times Come Again No More
Stephen Foster
Performed by Aireene Espiritu & the Little Village Foundation
Planting Rice
Filipino Folk Song/Filipe de Leon
Performed by The Sampaguitas
Down By the Riverside
African American Spiritual (pre-1860)
Performed by Aireene Espiritu
Circle Game
Joni Mitchell
Performed by Joni Mitchell
Watch the March 6 highlight video!
First Wednesdays Song Circle
Dates for this season:
Oct 4 ∙ Nov 1 ∙ Feb 7 ∙ Mar 6 ∙ Apr 3 ∙ May 1
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