SongTree
Come sit around the fire right by the sacred tree Side by side, we reunite to sing the songs that set us free
Browse the Songbook →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
Take Me Away
by Unknown
A sweet song full of devotion to the mother
African chantAfra Ama Kilia Kitango
by Traditional
A short African call-and-response chant built on a repeating minor progression.
Contemporary SacredAll I Have To Do
by Helen Knight
An expansive heart-opening song rooted in horizon, land, and earth.
Contemporary SacredAll Is Love
by Dub Sutra
A minimal circular refrain affirming that all is love.
Contemporary SacredAndelele
by Aquario
A chant to spirits and ancestors carried on the wind.
RainbowAngels Sing
by Uria Tsur
A gentle rainbow song, angels singing in my soul.
Hindu / KirtanBaba Hanuman
by Krishna Das
Krishna Das's beloved Hanuman kirtan — Namo namo, Anjani Nandanaya — with the full chart's Dm turn in the chorus.
Hindu / VedicGayatri Mantra
by Traditional, Derk de Geus
The ancient Gayatri mantra paired with an English invocation.
Contemporary SacredHet is een hele mooie dag
by Jeroen / Pitavasa Das
Een opgewekt meezinglied over er mogen zijn en de schoonheid van de dag.
HawaiianHo’oponopono
by Traditional Hawaiian, Derk de Geus
A musical setting of the four healing phrases associated with Ho’oponopono.
Contemporary SacredI Know The Way
by Derk de Geus
A concise call-and-response affirmation that love is the way.
Contemporary SacredI'm On My Way
by Sam Garrett & Mollie Mendoza
An uplifting communal refrain of hallelujahs and forward movement.
Contemporary SacredInto 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.
Contemporary SacredLokah Samastah
by Traditional, Marlies van Kampen, Derk de Geus
A Sanskrit peace mantra answered by a Dutch prayer for freedom and happiness.
Hindu / KirtanLokah Samastah Sukino Bavantu
by Krishna Das
A prayer that all beings everywhere may be happy and free.
LakotaMitakuye Oyasin
by Traditional
A Lakota-rooted chant honoring kinship with all relations and Pachamama.
HinduNarayana Om
by Traditional
A simple devotional chant invoking Narayana.
Contemporary SacredOpen the Door
by Derk de Geus
A spacious invitation to open the heart, soul, and home to love.
Medicine songWakan Tanka
by Nick Barbachano
A Lakota-inspired medicine song of gratitude, prayer, and healing plants.
ContemporaryThe Garden of My Life
by Derk de Geus
Plant the seeds in the garden of your life
ContemporaryWhy We Dance
by Inge Vanderplaetsen & Derk de Geus
An invitation to move through life's challenges by dancing — body as medicine, movement as prayer.
Contemporary SacredCarry Me River
by Derk de Geus
Let the flow of the river carry you home.
Contemporary MantraWalk With The Spirit
by Derk de Geus
I'm not alone, in this world - I walk with the spirit by my side
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.