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Mountain Songs and Lullabies
VIRGINIA BOATMAN

1. When They Ring Those Golden Bells, 2. Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad, 3. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again, 4. Whispering Hope, 5. In The Garden, 6. Let It Be, 7. I Can’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore, 8. The Royal Telephone, 9. Whippoorwill, 10. You Are My Sunshine, 11. There’s a Goldmine in the Sky, 12. I Never Will Marry, 13. Moonlight on the River Colorado, 14. Nighttime in Nevada, 15. Comin’ Round The Mountain, 16. Wreck of the Old 97, 17. Amazing Grace, 18. Be With God, 19. Master, the Tempest Is Raging, 20. Little Birdie/Where the Rhododendrons Grow, 21. Skeeters and the Bedbugs, 22. Red Wing/Charlie Chaplin

Recorded & Mastered by Scott Johnson, N. Swanzey, NH, 1992
Remastered by Scott Johnson, Auburndale, MA, 2000
CD manufactured by Jon Johnson, Wollaston, MA, 2000
Designs by Arnie Johnson, N. Swanzey, NH, 2000

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The Music Of Dr Francis Warman

I am the Alpha and Omega,
the Beginning and the End

Alpha and Omega

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord "who is and who was and who is to come the Almighty." Revelation 1:8

All vocals, instruments, words and music by Francis Warman except "The Water is Wide/Amazing Grace (Traditional) with additional words by Francis Warman. The Mission Prayer at the beginning of "Breath of Life" spoken by Bishop Jim Thompson, Wells Bath Diocese, Church of England. All Rights Reserved Ó 1999

ALPHA: 1. Good News, 2. Breath of Life, 3. River of Love, 4. Go for God, 5. Song of Thanks, 6. Come to the Stable, 7. Do What You Can for the Man, 8. Eternity
OMEGA: 9. The House of Love, 10. Charismatic Heart, 11. The Water is Wide/Amazing Grace, 12. The Wave, 13. Living River, 14. Rising Spirit, 15. Genesis Again

This tape and other tapes and CDs are available from Francis Warman, Ph.D., 45 School Street, Keene, NH 03431, 603-357-4281.

Anam Cara

“You are my anam cara, you heal my heart and mind,
You recognize my goodness, you’re gentle and kind.
You’ll be my anam cara until the very end,
More than a companion, you are my soul’s true friend.”

Anam Cara

    The term "Anam Cara" is Gaelic and means "soul friend." A soul friend is a person who supports us in our life’s journey. Being such a friend to another is the highest form of human love.
   Jesus spoke of love as the great moral principle. Love is the greatest commandment. The greatest love is to give your life for another. Love and death are intimately linked. In some ways, love is death, the surrender of the self to the other. God so loved the world that he surrendered his own Son to die for our sins.
    Love is a tumble, a descent which can be life’s greatest joy and sorrow. Thousands of poems and songs remind us that love hurts. Love is a gift of God, so bright and so intense that it blinds our eyes and scorches our skin. Love is intense because of our knowledge of death. Out of fear that love fades and dies, many today are afraid to commit themselves to love. But to refuse love is to refuse life.
   All of us are perfect when we are born. Infants are not passive recipients of love. By nature, we are not just human beings but human lovings. Love is as natural to the heart and soul as food is to the stomach. Without love, we begin to wither and die.
   Jesus came to heal the wounded heart. He is the ultimate "Anam Cara", the friend of our soul. Jesus balanced justice with mercy, discipline with compassion, judgment with forgiveness. Jesus suffered doubt and fear, but he also taught us that death is not the end of the story. Like Jesus, we can rise again.
   When someone we love dies, we are in a state of shock and denial. We may then become depressed or angry. Eventually the grief process leads to acceptance and celebration. Funerals should be a celebration. Death is not the end of love but the beginning. God’s love is eternal. The love we give to one another is a mirror of God’s love and will last forever in our memory.
   In the Fall of the year in New England, we witness the glorious process of death and rebirth. Like the autumn leaves, humans shine the brightest as we near our end. Soon after it will be Winter and life will turn cold and gray. But, just as the Spring will eventually return, love too is reborn over and over. It is a renewable resource, nurtured by our loved ones, the "anam caras" in our life. As the old spiritual reminds us, "the circle remains unbroken." Earth is our temporary home, but God has reserved a place in the sky where all questions will be answered, all suffering relieved, all wounds healed, a place where peace and love will reign forever.

Francis Warman, Fall 2000

1. Anam Cara; 2. Wellsprings; 3. The Wave; 4. I Don’t Want To Talk About It; 5. A Room of My Own; 6. What Do I Tell the Kids? / Children of America; 7. It’s All Right To Be a Little Depressed; 8. Don’t Give Up On Love; 9. Gratitude; 10. Return to the Garden; 11. River of Love; 12. The Word; 13. The Best Is Yet To Come; 14. The Sky; 15. Don’t; 16. Warm Rain; 17. Seasons of Life; 18. Anniversary; 19. In Your Arms; 20. The Water is Wide / Amazing Grace

Vocals, keyboards, guitar, and percussion: Francis Warman. Vocals on "Anam Cara" and "What Do I Tell the Kids? / Children of America": Rebecca Warman. Words and Music by Francis Warman © 2000 except "In Your Arms" by Thea Warman and "The Water is Wide / Amazing Grace" (Traditional). CD Mastered by Sean Flemming, Blue Planet Studio, E. Swanzey, NH. For further information about this CD or tapes, e-mail "FrancisWarman@msn.com" or write/call Francis Warman, 45 School Street, Keene, NH 03431. Tel. 603-357-4281. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

FRANCISONG

GOOD NEWS

ALPHA: Isaiah 61, Good News [click for .WAV audio], Song of Thanks, Lights of Christmas, Come to the Stable, Confiteor, In the Name of the Father, Credo, Do What You Can for the Man, Eternity
OMEGA: Mission Prayer, Breath of Life, Go for God, River of Love, Rise Up, Not By My Will, Rising Spirit, Genesis Again

Isaiah 61:1-3: "The Sovereign Lord has filled me with His spirit. He has chosen me and sent me to bring GOOD NEWS to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, to announce release to the captives and freedom to those in prison. He has sent me to proclaim that the time has come when the Lord will save the people and defeat their enemies. He has sent me to comfort all who mourn, to give those who mourn in Zion joy and gladness instead of grief, a song of praise instead of sorrow."

Mission Prayer spoken by Tim Thompson, Archbishop of Wells and Bath, England: "Loving God, Father of All, we come to listen for Your voice amidst the clamor of this unsettled world. Give us grace to hear Your message. Give us courage to respond. Let a fresh breath of heaven flow through Your church, to quicken our love for You and for each other. By the power of Your holy spirit, prepare us to spread the GOOD NEWS of the living gospel of Jesus Christ, our beloved Lord and Savior. Amen"

"Eternity" inspired by the Lord’s Prayer and a William Blake poem.

Copies of this tape and other tapes and CDs can be ordered from Francis Warman, 45 School St., Keene, NH 03431, 603-357-4281, FrancisWarman@mail.msn.com.

River Of Grace

Fire of the Soul

WATERSIDE: John 4:14, River of Grace, Two Thousand Years, Visions & Voices, Millennium, Wholly Love, Thea Grace, The Water is Wide & Amazing Grace, Living River
FIRESIDE: Matthew 3:11, Fire of the Soul, Charismatic Heart, Fire and Ice, Until the Fire Returns, Jonathan Daniels, Live Free or Die, Spiritual World, The Greatest Story, Passion, Revelation

"Jesus said, ‘those who drink the water that I will give them will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give them will become in them a spring which will provide them with life giving water and give them eternal life.’"
John 4:14 (from the Good News Bible, American Bible Society, New York.)

Saint John the Baptist said, "I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come someone who is more powerful than I whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire."
Matthew 3:11 (from The Holy Bible, New International Version, Zondervan Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Jonathan Daniels was a seminarian from Keene, New Hampshire who died a martyr’s death during the civil rights movement.

Recorded in E. Swanzey, NH & Brattleboro, VT. Mastered by Sean Fleming, Blue Planet Studio, E. Swanzey, NH.

Copies of this tape and other tapes and CDs are available from Francis Warman, 45 School St., Keene, NH 03431, 603-357-4281, FrancisWarman@mail.msn.com.

Seasons of Hope

SIDE 1: Where Hope Begins, Seasons of Heart and Mind, Fine Line, What Do I Tell the Kids?, A Room of My Own, Dark Night of the Soul, Repair the Breach, Grace, Once in a Lifetime, Vital Connection

SIDE 2: St. Valentine’s Day, Springtime in New England, Palio, Florence, Crossroads, New Day – New Beginnings, Dreams, Closing Prayer

"Joy and woe are woven fine
A clothing for the soul Divine
Under every grief and pine
Runs a joy with silken twine
It is right it should be so
Man was made for joy and woe
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go"

"Seek love in the pity of others’ woe
In the gentle relief of another’s care
In the darkness of night and the winter’s show
In the naked and the outcast - seek love there"

"He who binds to himself a joy,
does the winged life destroy,
but he who kisses the joy as it flies
lives in eternity’s sunrise"

Poems by William Blake

Recorded in Brattleboro, VT & Bristol, England. Mastered by Sean Fleming, Blue Planet Studio, E. Swanzey, NH. Additional vocals by Rebecca Warman. "Where Hope Begins" spoken by Dr. Mary Johnson at WGLV Radio.

Copies of this tape and other tapes and CDs are available from Francis Warman, 45 School St., Keene, NH 03431, 603-357-4281, FrancisWarman@mail.msn.com.

Sojourn

SIDE 1: Love Flows, Sea Crossing, Firebird, Ireland, Which Side of the River?, The Chalice and the Blade, The Rush, Islands in Time

SIDE 2: Jupiter Sunset, Fire in the Ocean, Driven, The Deep End, Big White Lie, Only Love, Crabby Old Man, In Memoriam

Copies of this tape and other tapes and CDs are available from Francis Warman, 45 School St., Keene, NH 03431, 603-357-4281, FrancisWarman@mail.msn.com.

SPIRIT

Spirit and Soul

SIDE 1: Breath of Life, Are You There?, God, Two Fields, Jesus, Good Company, Many Roads, Return to the Garden

SIDE 2: Go for God, World Family, Who Wins the War?, Jericho, Rapture, Homecoming, Old Ones, Soul Song

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise the word of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; abstain from every form of evil. May the God of peace himself sanctify you entirely; and may your Spirit and Soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this."
I Th 5:16-24

The Bridge

SIDE A: 1. The Bridge, 2. Grandchild, 3. River of Love, 4. The Wave, 5. Seasons of Life, 6. Until the Fire Returns Tomorrow, 7. End of the Road, 8. I Know That You’re There
SIDE B: 9. Jubilee Sunrise, 10. Florence, 11. St. Valentine’s Day, 12. Springtime in New England,
13. Wholly Love, 14. The Word, 15. The Water is Wide / Amazing Grace

    Building a bridge of peace and love begins within the human heart and soul. Every infant is a peacemaker, naturally equipped to disarm adults. Tragically, it is these same adults who often inflict harm on their children. The child becomes bitter and the victim becomes a persecutor, continuing the pattern of violence into the next generation. What legacy will we leave the next generation?
   We hear a great deal about the "greatest generation", the men and women who bravely fought in World War II. There was a member of this generation who was know more for his peace efforts than his wartime heroics. After the war, he was suspected of being a communist, but no one loved this country more than Woody Guthrie. What Woody saw was not just a country for the haves, but also for the have-nots, the migrant workers of the dust bowl years. I came to know about Woody Guthrie from his widow, Marjorie. After Woody died of Huntington’s Disease, Marjorie took up the cause of helping those who suffered from chronic, degenerative illness.
   Woody Guthrie inspired a new generation of troubadours including Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Paul Simon, and Bruce Springsteen. In an album entitled "The Ghost of Tom Joad", Springsteen recalled the hero of John Steinbeck’s "The Grapes of Wrath" who was immortalized by Woody Guthrie in "The Ballad of Tom Joad". Tom was a simple man, accused of a crime and forced to run. When he was asked by his mother where he was going, he said "wherever people are fighting for their rights, that’s where I’m gonna be, Ma." Steinbeck took his title from the Battle Hymn of the Republic which concludes with the line: "He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free." That is what Woody and Marjorie Guthrie did.
   I was privileged to work with Marjorie a short time before she died, and she encouraged me to write songs for people in hospitals and their families. I wrote a collection of songs called "Hope to Cope", which was one of Marjorie’s favorite phrases. For me, music has continued to be both a bridge and a river. Music is the bridge of faith that carries us across troubled water. It connects past and future, the dead and the living. Music is also a river of love that sweeps us to God’s eternal sea. When we surrender to the mighty force of God’s love, we become one with humankind and there is no further need for war.
   This collection of songs is about the confluence of matter and spirit, the temporal and the eternal. It is about bridges and rivers, the structures and forces that connect and unite all of us. It is a journey from birth to death and all the seasons between. Ultimately, it is a story of renewal, rebirth and the healing power of love and grace.

Francis Warman
June 2001

The House of Love

SIDE 1: Corinthians 13:1-2, The House of Love, Communion, Simple Gifts, Trinity, Love Song, Alleluia – Amen, State of the Union, Together

SIDE 2: Mandorla, Jesus and Women, You and Me, Jesus – The Song, The Longing, Song of Hope, Carried Away, The Wave, Once in a Lifetime (Wedding Song)

"I may be able to speak the languages of human beings and even of angels, but if I have no Love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. I may have the gift of inspired preaching, I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets. I may have all the faith needed to move mountains - but if I have no Love, I am nothing."
1 Corinthians 13:1-2 (From the Good News Bible, New York, American Bible Society, 1992.)

Copies of this tape and other tapes and CDs are available from Francis Warman, 45 School St., Keene, NH 03431, 603-357-4281, FrancisWarman@mail.msn.com.