(Sample) Week #14 Celebrating Women Songs

Author

Lisa Peterson
March 29, 2026

Week #14

Celebrating Women Songs

This is week 14 of the year and we will be celebrating Songs that Celebrate Women, by delving into the songs and applying concepts to create more joy and connection during caregiving routines with music.

The songs are:

  • Daisy Bell

  • Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue

  • For Me and My Gal

  • My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

  • My Wild Irish Rose

  • Oh My Darling Clementine

  • She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain

  • Sweet Georgia Brown

SING ALONG

Featured Song

FOR ME AND MY GAL

“For Me and My Gal” ” was written in 1917 with lyrics by Edgar Leslie and E. Ray Goetz, and music by George W. Meyer. A movie by the same name starring Gene Kelly and Judy Garland also featured the song. The song’s lyrics are from the perspective of someone describing preparations for their upcoming wedding.

  • Is this melody familiar to you?

  • Are the words familiar?

  • Did you find yourself humming along?

  • How did it affect you? Did your awareness change? Your breath? Your focus? Your mood?

  • Would you feel comfortable playing this in the background and allow yourself to hum or sing along? By yourself and/or with the one(s) you care for?

For Me and My Gal Here is Judy Garland and Gene Kelly’s version. I hope you enjoy it!

Creative Ideas

HOW TO USE THE MUSIC

  • Try humming or singing along with the provided recording, or one of your choosing for increased feeling of ______.

  • Listen to a recording to create a shared experience.

  • Listen while engaged in daily routines, to add a feeling of familiarity and comfort (if the song is known and loved)

  • Try reminiscing with the song history, or singers of the song. Look at pictures famous singers who performed the song.

SELF-CARE TIPS

What Does Music Mean To You?

Contemplate what music means to you. Here are some examples of what other people have observed, concluded, felt and thought about the impact of music in our lives. How does it fit into your life? How does it make your life better? Consider bringing music into your life today, to bring you more peace, understanding, joy, meaning, etc.

  • "Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." - Victor Hugo 

  • “There is the music of heaven in all things and we have forgotten how to hear it until we sing”. –Saint Hildegarde of Bingen (1098-1179)

  • "Music can change the world because it can change people." - Bono 

  • "Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without." - Confucius 

  • "Where words fail, music speaks." - Hans Christian Andersen 

  • "Music is the universal language of mankind." 

  • "Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche  

  • “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” — Plato

  • "Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart." - Pablo Casals 

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