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Text:'Tis the Gift to Be Simple
Tune:SIMPLE GIFTS
Adapter:Aaron Copland

45. 'Tis the Gift to Be Simple

'Tis the gift to be simple,
'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down
where you ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill 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
'Till by turning, turning we come round right.

Text Information
First Line: 'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free
Title: 'Tis the Gift to Be Simple
Language: English
Publication Date: 1977
Topic: The Church: Lent
Source: Shaker Song
Tune Information
Name: SIMPLE GIFTS
Adapter: Aaron Copland
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: © Copyright 1950 by Aaron Copland. Used by Arrangement with Aaron Copland and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., Sole Publishers.



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