Songs that celebrate specific seasons are mainly found in the "Outdoors" chapters in both of our songbooks.
Here is the list of the songs in the Outdoors chapter in Rise Again. Here are some great songs about summer in Rise Again:
- Fields of Gold by Sting (amazing cover by Eva Cassidy)
- Hallelujah by Katherine Wheatley
- Hal-an-Tow - trad. English (sung at Beltane)
- I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash
- Ye Banks & Braes by Robert Burns
- California Stars by Woody Guthrie & Jeff Tweedy
- Blackberry Pie by John Hardy
- Gum Tree Canoe by John Hartford
- Cassiopeia by Heidi Muller
- Wild Rose of the Mountain by Si Kahn
- Early by Greg Brown
Here is the list of songs in the Outdoors chapter in Rise Up Singing. And here are some of our favorite songs about summer in Rise Up Singing:
- Country Life - trad. English (popularized by The Waterstons)
- Wild Mountain Thyme by Robert Tannahill & Frank McPeake
- Roseville Fair by Bill Staines
- De Colores - trad. Latin American song
- Edelweiss from "Sound of Music"
- O What a Beautiful Morning from "Oklahoma"
- The Swimming Song by Louden Wainwright III (with great version by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)
- Come Follow - trad. round
- Sumer Is Icumen In - trad. English
- Rocky Mountain High by John Denver
- Black Fly Song by Wade Hensworth
- Garden Song by Dave Mallet
- Soon It's Gonna Rain from "The Fantasticks" musical
- You Fill the Day by Joe Wise