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:
- Under the Boardwalk rec by The Drifters
- Fields of Gold by Sting (amazing cover by Eva Cassidy)
- Hallelujah by Katherine Wheatley
- 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
- Locally Grown by Tom Chapin
- 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
- Summertime from "Porgy & Bess"
- Roseville Fair by Bill Staines
- Lads o' the Fair by the Battlefield Band
- Up on the Roof by Carole King & Gerry Goffin
- Dancing in the Street by Martha & the Vandellas
- Sumer Is Icumen In - trad. song in Middle English (which dates to the 13th c.)
- De Colores - trad. Latin American song
- Edelweiss from "Sound of Music"
- O What a Beautiful Morning from "Oklahoma"
- The Happy Wanderer
- The Swimming Song by Louden Wainwright III (with great version by Kate & Anna McGarrigle)
- Come Follow - trad. round
- Rocky Mountain High by John Denver
- Black Fly Song by Wade Hensworth
- Garden Song by Dave Mallet (plus the parody Anti-Garden Song by Eric Kilburn!)
- Gardening by Dillon Bustin
- Soon It's Gonna Rain from "The Fantasticks" musical
- You Fill the Day by Joe Wise
- The Good Old Summertime early 19th c. US popular song
And a song that is not in either book:
- Fireflies by Joe Jencks