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(Sample) Week #43 SONGS COVERED BY WILLIE NELSON AND ANDY WILLIAMS

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Lisa Peterson
October 19, 2025

Week #43

Folk Songs Covered By Willie Nelson and Andy Williams

This is week 43 of the year and we will be celebrating Folksongs Covered by Willie Nelson and Andy Williams, by delving into the songs and applying concepts to create more joy and connection during caregiving routines with music.

The songs are:

Willie Nelson

  • Always

  • Home on the Range

  • In the Garden

  • In the Sweet By and By

  • This Train

  • Whispering Hope

Andy Williams

  • Aloha ‘Oe

  • Amazing Grace

  • America the Beautiful

  • Battle Hymn of the Republic

  • Danny Boy

  • He’s Got the Whole World

  • It Had To Be You

Featured Song

WHISPERING HOPE

“Whispering Hope” was written by Septimus Winner in 1868. Winner was a prolific composer who wrote both secular and sacred music, often under the pseudonym “Alice Hawthorne”. Many popular artists have recorded this song, including Willie Nelson, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Webb Pierce, Mitch Miller, Pat Boone, Jim Reeves and more. It is often sited as a song that offers hope.

  • 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?

Whispering Hope Here is Willie Nelson singing his unique version of Whispering Hope. 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

Take a Few Minutes

  • put on your favorite music

  • grab some coloring pencils, markers, crayons, etc

  • print the coloring page

  • color (by yourself or with the one(s) you care for)

  • notice your breathing

  • accept yourself and your thoughts

Share if you have any self-care tips or stories from this week at [email protected] 
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