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Sea Green Singers - Wangari - lyrics and score - by Polly Bolton - organises workshops, many CD's. Personal recommendation: Settings of poems from A Shropshire Lad by A E Houseman by Polly Bolton Band with readings by Nigel Hawthorne.
25 tracks of songs and monologue settings of A E Houseman poems: LOVELIEST OF TREES, 1996 SHEPHERD MUSIC SHEP CD 01

Wangari - about Wangari Muta Maathai, Kenyan activist who encouraged women to plant trees - song by Polly Bolton

Sow the seed it will be, one more tree to grace the earth x4
Wangari, wangari x4
One seed, one tree, one woman unbowed x4
[sing this line as a round each group starting their cycle after 'one seed', i.e.one seed... - one seed... - one seed...]
Wangari, wangari x4