Simple Gifts

X: 1
T: Simple Gifts
C: Joseph Bracken Jr 1848
S: MS from Mary Hazzard of the New Lebanon (New Hampshire) Shaker community
Z: 2005 John Chambers <jc@trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: C
  G2 G2 |c2 cd ec ef | g2 gg e2 dc | d2 d2 d2 d2 | de dB G2 G2 |
w:'Tis the gift to be sim-ple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, and
  cB cd e2 dd | e2 f2 g3 g | d2 de d2 cc | d2 cB c4 ||
w:when we find our-selves in the place just right, 'twill be in the val-ley of love and de-light.
  g4 e3 d | ef ed c3 d | e2 ef g2 e2 | d2 de d3 G |
w:When true sim-pli-ci-ty is gain'd, to bow and to bend we shan't be a-sham'd, to
  c4 c3 d | e2 ef g2 gg | d2 d2 e2 ed | c2 c2 c4 |]
w:turn, turn will be our de-light, till by turn-ing, turn-ing we come round right.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/song/Simple_Gifts_Song_C/0000

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