Meher Baba Songbook ― I had heard of Michael da Costa for many years — one of the first Baba-themed pieces I heard was his poem, Meditation, from the Happy Birthday LP put out by some of Baba's English followers way back in 1970, to celebrate Baba's 75th birthday. Well, we were lucky enough to have Michael as a guest at the 2001 Silence Day Sahavas held here in Southern California. He gave a performance and brought the house down! His CDs were flying off the shelves at the Sahavas Bookstore afterwards. He has written many songs to Baba, and they are beautifully done in this songbook, words and music, including guitar chords. Definitely worth a look. If you love the CD, you will love this songbook.

The Golden Book of Praise ― When Meher Baba first came to Australia in 1956, He told Francis Brabazon He would like to hear some songs. Francis was mortified! At that time not even one Baba song had been written (in the West, at least), so he set himself to writing Let Us The People Sing (now out of print). This contained words only, but he occasionally suggested melodies from old folk songs, e.g., The Dawn Light Breaks can be sung to Londonderry Air (O Danny Boy). But with all his subsequent compositions, Francis was perfectly happy for musicians to compose their own melodies to his lyrics. In 1981, Filis Frederick learned that most of Francis' songs had not been published, but were journeying around the world in musicians' well-worn notebooks. "I felt it was high time they were presented as they deserved to be, for the general public to play and enjoy." They became Volume 20, #1 of The Awakener magazine. This book has 107 songs, words and music included.

From the Source ― Published in 1977, this is a magnificent collection of songs about the Beloved by many and varied composers. It was as though Francis Brabazon set in motion a great wave of music and songwriting that has spread throughout the world. Lovers everywhere, talented musicians, are offering their songs of praise — just look at the tapes and CD selection ― but this book, From the Source, contains early works of such well-known writers as Ward Parks, Bob Brown, Jim Meyer, Scott Makeig, Michael Childs, David Miotke, more by Brabazon, among others. These are the "Golden Oldies," the standards that we have 'grown up' with. All have the music along with the words, some with piano and some with guitar chords. Along with the three Artis, there are also 14 songs for children, plus Mehera's amusing description of teaching Baba His first song in English, Al Jolson's Swanee.