SongTree

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    A living songbook for singing circles, community gatherings and sacred ceremonies

    SongTree is a free songbook of mantras, rainbow songs, sacred chants and devotional songs. Our mission is to archive and catalogue the world's most beautiful sacred songs, both old and new, from diverse traditions around the world, and make them freely available for singing circles and ceremony facilitators worldwide.

    Each song is offered in clear, easy-to-read formatting. You can transpose to any key, add capo, export as PDF, print, and edit each song. Feel free to submit your own favorite songs and edit the existing ones. Whether you lead a circle, hold ceremony, or simply love to sing, you are welcome here.

    Hallelujah (I'm on my way)

    by Sam Garrett, Molly Mendoza

    Slightly adapted version

    • chant
    Jul 20, 2026 by Derk de Geus

    Take Me Away

    by Unknown

    A sweet song full of devotion to the mother

    Jul 20, 2026
    African chant

    Afra Ama Kilia Kitango

    by Traditional

    A short African call-and-response chant built on a repeating minor progression.

    • chant
    • participatory
    • singing circle
    Jul 19, 2026
    Contemporary Sacred

    All I Have To Do

    by Helen Knight

    An expansive heart-opening song rooted in horizon, land, and earth.

    • singing circle
    • earth
    • healing
    • sacred
    Jul 19, 2026
    Contemporary Sacred

    All Is Love

    by Dub Sutra

    A minimal circular refrain affirming that all is love.

    • chant
    • singing circle
    • participatory
    Jul 19, 2026
    Contemporary Sacred

    Andelele

    by Aquario

    A chant to spirits and ancestors carried on the wind.

    • chant
    • earth
    • singing circle
    • participatory
    Jul 19, 2026
    Rainbow

    Angels Sing

    by Uria Tsur

    A gentle rainbow song, angels singing in my soul.

    • rainbow
    • chant
    • singing circle
    • sacred
    Jul 19, 2026
    Hindu / Kirtan

    Baba Hanuman

    by Krishna Das

    Krishna Das's beloved Hanuman kirtan — Namo namo, Anjani Nandanaya — with the full chart's Dm turn in the chorus.

    • kirtan
    • chant
    • devotional
    • singing circle
    Jul 19, 2026
    Hindu / Vedic

    Gayatri Mantra

    by Traditional, Derk de Geus

    The ancient Gayatri mantra paired with an English invocation.

    • mantra
    • prayer
    • sacred
    • devotional
    Jul 19, 2026
    Contemporary Sacred

    Het is een hele mooie dag

    by Jeroen / Pitavasa Das

    Een opgewekt meezinglied over er mogen zijn en de schoonheid van de dag.

    • dutch
    • gratitude
    • singing circle
    • participatory
    Jul 19, 2026
    Hawaiian

    Ho’oponopono

    by Traditional Hawaiian, Derk de Geus

    A musical setting of the four healing phrases associated with Ho’oponopono.

    • forgiveness
    • healing
    • original
    Jul 19, 2026
    Contemporary Sacred

    I Know The Way

    by Derk de Geus

    A concise call-and-response affirmation that love is the way.

    • original
    • chant
    • love
    Jul 19, 2026
    Contemporary Sacred

    I'm On My Way

    by Sam Garrett & Mollie Mendoza

    An uplifting communal refrain of hallelujahs and forward movement.

    • singing circle
    • sacred
    • participatory
    Jul 19, 2026
    Contemporary Sacred

    Into the Light (Elke dag een beetje meer)

    by Derk de Geus

    A gentle bilingual circle song — every day a little more, dissolving into the heart of love and into radiant light.

    • singing circle
    • dutch
    • devotional
    • participatory
    • original
    Jul 19, 2026
    Contemporary Sacred

    Lokah Samastah

    by Traditional, Marlies van Kampen, Derk de Geus

    A Sanskrit peace mantra answered by a Dutch prayer for freedom and happiness.

    • mantra
    • peace
    • dutch
    • singing circle
    Jul 19, 2026
    Hindu / Kirtan

    Lokah Samastah Sukino Bavantu

    by Krishna Das

    A prayer that all beings everywhere may be happy and free.

    • mantra
    • prayer
    • peace
    • devotional
    Jul 19, 2026
    Lakota

    Mitakuye Oyasin

    by Traditional

    A Lakota-rooted chant honoring kinship with all relations and Pachamama.

    • chant
    • earth
    • sacred
    • participatory
    Jul 19, 2026
    Hindu

    Narayana Om

    by Traditional

    A simple devotional chant invoking Narayana.

    • mantra
    • chant
    • devotional
    Jul 19, 2026
    Contemporary Sacred

    Open the Door

    by Derk de Geus

    A spacious invitation to open the heart, soul, and home to love.

    • original
    • devotional
    • singing circle
    Jul 19, 2026
    Medicine song

    Wakan Tanka

    by Nick Barbachano

    A Lakota-inspired medicine song of gratitude, prayer, and healing plants.

    • medicine song
    • chant
    • sacred
    • participatory
    Jul 19, 2026
    Contemporary

    The Garden of My Life

    by Derk de Geus

    Plant the seeds in the garden of your life

    • singing circle
    • mantra
    • contemporary
    • participatory
    May 20, 2026 by Derk de Geus
    Contemporary

    Why We Dance

    by Inge Vanderplaetsen & Derk de Geus

    An invitation to move through life's challenges by dancing — body as medicine, movement as prayer.

    • dance
    • ecstatic
    • original
    • ceremony
    • embodiment
    May 17, 2026
    Contemporary Sacred

    Carry Me River

    by Derk de Geus

    Let the flow of the river carry you home.

    • sacred
    • water
    • surrender
    • original
    May 17, 2026 by Derk
    Contemporary Mantra

    Walk With The Spirit

    by Derk de Geus

    I'm not alone, in this world - I walk with the spirit by my side

    • sacred
    • spirit
    • walking
    • original
    May 17, 2026
    Yorùbá / Afro-Cuban (Santería)

    Ide Were Were

    by Traditional

    A traditional Yorùbá chant to Oshún, orisha of love and freshwater — sung while preparing and adorning the self.

    • chant
    • yoruba
    • orisha
    • oshun
    • afro-cuban