[ti:Simple Gifts]
[ar:Lisbeth Scott]
[al:State of Grace(Paul Schwartz)]
Simple Gifts
Shaker Hymn,
Artists: Lisbeth Scott/Andrew Findon/Dirk Campbell
Album:State of Grace(Paul Schwartz)
Written by Shaker Elder Joseph Brackett, Jr. in 1848
Simple Gifts was a work song sung by the United Society of
Believers in Christ's Second Appearing (more commonly called
the Shakers,an offshoot of the Quakers), whose last community
in America (Hancock Village) died in 1960. It is now a museum.
'Tis the gift to be simple,
'Tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
It will be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gained,
to bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed
To turn, turn, will be our delight,
'Til by turning, turning, we come round right.
When true simplicity is gained,
to bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed
To turn, turn, will be our delight,
'Til by turning, turning, we come round right.
'Tis the gift to be simple,
'Tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
It will be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gained,
to bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed
To turn, turn, will be our delight,
'Til by turning, turning, we come round right.
When true simplicity is gained,
to bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed
To turn, turn, will be our delight,
'Til by turning, turning, we come round right.
