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Power
from Within
a folk album by JeanneE and
Friends
Copyright 1983
-2003 JeanneE Hand-Boniakowski
(except as noted)
Rededicated
for all Veterans for Peace and
Peacemakers Everywhere
Note: All files
in .mp3 format requiring MP3 player.
Hungry (2.3 MB)
I discovered this song in
Sing Out!, the folksong magazine in the very early 1980s
out of Easton, PA. This song is used with permission of Joe
Heukerott who at the time had a lovely album available. There are
many different types of hunger. This song talks about a few.
©1981 Joe Heukerott.
Cruise
(1.7 MB)
This song was written prior to the deployment of the Cruise
and Perishing II missiles in Europe. It was first sung during a
rally which followed the Monmouth County Freeze Walk held in Freehold, NJ
in the fall of 1983.
©1983 Jozef Hand-Boniakowski.
U.S. Out
of El Salvador (1.9
MB)
I rewrote this song four times, as the changes
came down. Years ago in the early eighties, Reagan called the
fascist Arena Party, and Roberto D'Aubisson, a "moderate force" for
democracy. Arena has been too blatant even for Reagan, so the
president bought the election for Jose Napoleon Duarte, the
"opponent." With that, he hoped to get more funding to murder the
peasants. Someday, the people of El Salvador WILL be free, in spite
of the U.S. government.
©1983 JeanneE
Hand-Boniakowski
Source of
the Dance (.93
MB)
I was asked to sing Sherry Mestel's Lady of
the Dance, along with verses (#1 and #4) from Sidney Carter's
Lord of the Dance. To complete the circle, I wrote the last
two verses, inspired by Betsy Wright, Diane Shamis and Cindy
Lazaroff. Lady of the Dance and other songs, chants,
rituals and dreams were in Earth Rites Volume 2 and Volume 3.
©1978, 1981 Sherry Mestel (verse 1,2/chorus)
©1983
JeanneE Hand-Boniakowski (verse 3,4/chorus)
Peacemakers
(1.4
MB)
In 1982 Jozef felt a need for a positive Memorial
Day Service. He, I and other members of the Monmouth County War
Resisters League started what was a tradition for many years, the annual
commemoration of the lives of ten of the world's peacemakers. The
service at the time of the production of this album was in its third year
and included the planting of a peace tree and flowers in the
community. Peacemakers is a song written by Jozef for the
first Alternate Memorial Day Service in 1982. In includes the first
ten peacemakers. Jozef plays the autoharp. The flute is our
friend Rickie Gold who stayed in NJ long enough to be part of the
recording. ©1982 Jozef Hand-Boniakowski
All Under
Control (2.5
MB)
These are the stories of hundreds of thousands of
women. We MUST take back the control of our bodies and our lives.
©1982 JeanneE Hand-Boniakowski
Hibakusha
(1.7 MB)
The Hibakusha are the "survivors" of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. I kept the lyrics simple, like a spare haiku.
Introduced August 6, 1983 on the 36th anniversary of the dropping of the
atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The lyrics have since been translated into
Japanese. ©1983 JeanneE Hand-Boniakowski
Almost
Forever (1.3
MB)
This is how I first told Joe that I'd fallen in
love with him. We're still falling.
©1980 JeanneE Hand
Boniakowski
Harvest Child
(2.7 MB)
Home. October 21, 1981. Just barely Wednesday
morning. At 1:41 a.m., daughter, Guinnevere Hand-Boniakowski was
born into her father, Jozef's, hands. I love you, Guinnevere.
©1981 JeanneE Hand-Boniakowski
Peacemakers
II (1.3 MB)
Jozef wrote this song for the Monmouth County War Resisters
League's second Alternate Memorial Day Service. The second set of
ten Peacemakers were harder to choose than the first. ©1983 Jozef
Hand-Boniakowski
Daughter
of Eve (1.6
MB)
I was Catholic until my early teens. More religious
now than before, you can call me "Pacifist Pagan Agnostic with a Quaker
flair."
©1982 JeanneE Hand-Boniakowski.
Power from
Within (2.3
MB)
Dedicated to the Women of Seneca -
Everywhere.
©1983 JeanneE Hand-Boniakowski.
Acknowledgement and
Thanks
All vocals -
JeanneE. Harmony on Power from Within - Carol
Caldwell. Guitar - JeanneE, except: on Hungry Nels Andersen
on classical guitar. Other musicians - on Peacemakers I,
Ricky Gold - flute, Jozef Hand-Boniakowski - autoharp, on Harvest
Child and Power from Within, Don Profitt - piano. All
songs written by Jozef were set to music by JeanneE.
Engineering and technical
assistance - Jim Schroeder. Equipment courtesy Jim Schroeder.
Typing and word-processing including promotional material - Jozef.
Recorded at the First
Unitarian Church of Monmouth County NJ, Lincroft NJ in early
1984.
Thanks to Jim, Nels, Carol,
Don, Rickie, Joan Gelbein, Sherry Mestel, Joe Heukerott, the Cayuga
Affinity Group - Women's Action Seneca Army Depot August 1, 1983, Sal
Susino, Margot Adler, Jeannie Smith, Dr. Mary Slifer, Michio Kaku, Joseph
Szostak, Frank Gspann, Guinnevere, especially to my partner, lover,
brother, and mate, Jozef
Proceeds to Monmouth County
War Resisters League. All labor donated.
Dedication
Dedicated to Peacemakers everywhere and to the power from
within.
Love,
JeanneE |