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Selected Compositions and Lyrics
Lyrics
- Ella’s Song
- Greed
- I Remember, I Believe
- The Beatitudes
- Mae Frances
- Temptation of St. Anthony: Download libretto
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| Composition | Recording | Label | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alla That's Alright, But... | Good News | Flying Fish | 1981 |
| Anybody Here? | Twenty-Five | Rykodisc | 1998 |
| Are There Any Rights... | Sweet Honey In The Rock | Flying Fish | 1976 |
| Crying for Freedom! (Azanian Freedom Song) | We All... Everyone of Us | Flying Fish | 1983 |
| Ballad of Harry T. Moore | The Women Gather | EarthBeat | 2003 |
| B'lieve I'll Run On | B'lieve I'll Run On | Redwood | 1978 |
| Beatitudes | Live at Carnegie Hall | Flying Fish | 1988 |
| Biko | Good News | Flying Fish | 1981 |
| Cape Fear Chant | Selections | Rounder | 1997 |
| Chile Your Waters Run Red | Good News | Flying Fish | 1981 |
| Come Unto Me | The Women Gather | EarthBeat | 2003 |
| Crying For Freedom | Selections | Rounder | 1997 |
| Dream Variations | Sweet Honey In The Rock | Flying Fish | 1976 |
| Drinking of the Wine | Live at Carnegie Hall | Flying Fish | 1988 |
| Echo | Good News | Flying Fish | 1981 |
 Ella's Song |
We All... Everyone of Us | Flying Fish | 1983 |
| Every Woman | B'lieve I'll Run On | Redwood | 1978 |
| Fannie Lou Hamer | B'lieve I'll Run On | Redwood | 1978 |
| Give Your Hands to Struggle |
In This Land | EarthBeat | 1992 |
| Greed |
Twenty-Five | Rykodisc | 1998 |
| Hey Mann | Sweet Honey In The Rock | Flying Fish | 1976 |
| How Long? |
We All... Everyone of Us | Flying Fish | 1983 |
| I Knew the Carpenter's Son |
The Temptation of Saint Anthony | (unpublished) | 2004 |
| I Remember, I Believe |
Sacred Ground | EarthBeat | 1996 |
| I'm Gon' Stand |
We All... Everyone of Us | Flying Fish | 1983 |
| If You Had Lived | Good News | Flying Fish | 1981 |
| In the Morning When I Rise | Still On The Journey | EarthBeat | 1993 |
| Joanne Little | Sweet Honey In The Rock | Flying Fish | 1976 |
| Mae Frances | The Other Side | Flying Fish | 1985 |
| My Way | B'lieve I'll Run On | Redwood | 1978 |
| No More Auction Block | Sacred Ground | Earthbeat | 1996 |
| Ode to the International Debt | Live at Carnegie Hall | Flying Fish | 1988 |
| Oh Death | Good News | Flying Fish | 1981 |
| Oughta Be A Woman | Good News | Flying Fish | 1981 |
| Rest for the Weary | Still On The Journey | EarthBeat | 1993 |
| Seven Principles | B'lieve I'll Run On | Redwood | 1978 |
| Shabazz |
Africans in America | Ryko | 1998 |
| Sing Oh Barren One | Sacred Ground | EarthBeat | 1996 |
| Sometime |
Good News | Flying Fish | 1981 |
| The Other Side | The Other Side | Flying Fish | 1985 |
| The Sun Will Never Go Down | Sweet Honey In The Rock | Flying Fish | 1976 |
| They Are Falling All Around Me |
B'lieve I'll Run On | Redwood | 1978 |
| This Is A Mean World | In This Land | EarthBeat | 1992 |
| Tomorrow | The Other Side | Flying Fish | 1985 |
| Traveling Shoes | Sweet Honey In The Rock | Flying Fish | 1976 |
| Venceremos | The Other Side | Flying Fish | 1985 |
| We All... Everyone of Us | We All... Everyone of Us | Flying Fish | 1983 |
| Yes It Was |
The Women Gather | EarthBeat | 2003 |
| You Make My Day Pretty | Sweet Honey In The Rock | Flying Fish | 1976 |
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