SoNG: The Earth, The Drum...

From Songsheet 1984 (a)

PeHP Source: Songsheet 1984 (a)

SoNG: Long Wing Feathers

The visual of this video was taken on a PeHP visit to the Peace Camp land, April 2008. The audio comes from Peace Camp Sings, a cassette produced by Sorrel Hayes and Marilyn Ries, 1987.   

Long Tail Feathers
aka Long Wing Feathers aka We Circle Around 
Songwriter(s) unknown

PeHP Source: Songsheets 1984

Wearing our long tail feathers as we fly,
Wearing our long tail feathers as we fly,
We circle around, we circle around,
The boundaries of the earth.
The boundless universe.
 Wearing my long wing feathers as I fly,
Wearing my long wing feathers as I fly,
I circle around, I circle around,
The boundaries of the earth.
The boundaries of the sky.

Alternate lyrics:Wearing my long wing feathers as I fly,
Wearing my long wing feathers as I fly,
I circle around, I circle around,
The boundaries of the earth.
The boundaries of the sky.

SoNG: Woman Am I

Woman Am I 
Writer(s) unknown
 PeHP Source: Songsheets 1984

Woman am I.
Spirit am I.
I am the infinite within myself.
I can find no beginning, I can find no end.
All this I am.

SoNG: Deep Peace

Deep Peace

Writer(s) unknown
 PeHP Source: 1984 Songsheets

Deep peace of the running wave to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the shining star to you.

SoNG: A Plea for One World

A Plea for One World

Writer(s) unknown
 PeHP Source: 1984 Songsheets

A plea for one world is heard in, is heard in many different lands.
This is a plea from a world that is hungry for peace.
Let us all come together.
Let us all live well together.
Striving to make the world better.
Pledging our lives to peace.

SoNG: We are the Web

We Are the Web

Author(s) unknown
 PeHP source: WEFPJ songsheet Nov. 1983/84; WEFPJ songsheets 1984

*"We are the Web" is also the title of a book about the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice by photographer Catherine Allport, published in 1983. 

SoNG: Peace Camp

Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace & Justice, Sept. 4, 1983.
Footage: PeHP WVC-026; Women’s Video Collective. Copyright 1983.  All Rights Reserved.
Music: “Peace Camp” by Susan Graetz on Somewhere Between,
On Our Way Records. Copyright 1984.

Peace Camp

To the tune of Downtown written by Tony Hatch, made popular by Petula Clark 
Alternative lyrics by Pauline Turtle-Bear, Michelle Charbonnet, Laurie Rothfeld, 
Eve Silverman & Susan Graetz, 1983

When you’re alone and life is making you lonely,
you can always go to the Peace Camp.

When you’ve got worries, all the noise and the hurry
seem to stop, I know, at the Peace Camp.

Linger at the main gate where the yellow line is pretty.
At the general meeting we get down to  nitty-gritty,
how can you lose?

Chorus:
Flashlights are much brighter there.
You can center on troubles, obsess on your cares.
At the Peace Camp! Where women’s eyes are bright.
Peace Camp! Waiting for you tonight.
Peace Camp! It’s going to be all right, now.

Don’t hang around and let your troubles surround you,
there are movie shows at the Peace Camp.

Maybe you know some little places to go
where you can climb the fence at the Depot.

Listen to the rhythm of the Buddhist women drumming,
You’ll be dancing with it, too, before long you’ll be humming,
centered again.

Listen to Petula Clark's original recording here.

SoNG: Look to the Women

From PeHP GatherSing, 2008.

 Look to the Women

aka Look to the People

Ruth Pelham

PeHP source: Songsheet Nov. 1982/83; Songsheet 1984; WVC 7.4.83; GatherSing 2008

Experiencing technical difficulties, WEFPJ Opening Day Ceremony, July 4, 1983. 

SoNG: You've Got to Stand Up

J'amie and Cassie singing in Lafayette Park, August 27, 1983 as part of the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice contingent of the Jobs, Peace & Freedom march commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Martin Luther King's historic march on Washington.  

You've Got to Stand Up
Author(s) unknown
PeHP Source: Songsheets 1983-84; WVC footage; PeHP GatherSing 2008

From PeHP GatherSing, 2008.

SoNG: Circle for Survival

Women's Video Collective. Copyright 1983. All Rights Reserved.

Closing Circle at the Seneca Women's Peace Camp, Sept. 5, 1983. 

From Songsheet 1984 (b)

Written by Charlie Murphy
PeHP Source: Songsheets 1983-84; Songsheet 1984 (b); Peace Camps Sing produced by Sorrel Hays & Marilyn Ries, 1987; WVC 025