Here's John's song about signing.

Music in Your Hands
words and music by John McCutcheon

Though my friend and frequent partner, Susan Freundlich, was the particular recipient of this song, it is, in fact, for all those men and women who help all of us, hearing and deaf, enjoy music and many other cultural activities together.

Where would I be, if not for you?
I know I wouldn't be here today
I'd be out at a movie, or off in some bar
But now I've seen what you have to say
And you've opened my eyes and you opened my heart
And I want you to understand
That you're speaking my language though it's never been heard
My heart feels the music, my eyes see the word
And my soul is aflight, like a flutter of birds
And my music is in your hands

Where would I be, if not for you?
To some a mime with a violin
But since your fingers have spoken, the walls have been broken
And there's music where none had been
You know, I'm proud to be sharing this stage with you
And from up here where we all stand
My words have been taken where they've never been known
My song has journeyed where it never had flown
My seed has been planted where none had been sown
And my music is in your hands

Where would we be if not for you?
Still divided by lies and fear
But we've seen it this time since you gave us the sign
That the future is coming clear
When these bodies we live in and love in and lose
And that harbor our dreams and plans
Will not be divided by part and by whole
But used, every cell, till it's time that we go
And when we have traveled the high and the low
And before we're departed, the body from soul
We want to tell you once more 'cause it's important you know
That our music is in your hands

Where would we be, if not for you?

© 1984 John McCutcheon /Appalsongs (ASCAP