[00:01.55]Simple Gifts
[00:06.44]Shaker Hymn赞美诗, 圣歌
[00:09.70]Artists: Lisbeth Scott/Andrew Findon/Dirk Campbell
[00:13.93]Album:State of Grace(Paul Schwartz)
[00:16.95]Written by Shaker Elder Joseph Brackett, Jr. in 1848
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[00:26.96]Simple Gifts was a work song sung by the United Society of
[00:33.44]Believers in Christ's Second Appearing (more commonly called
[00:39.56]the Shakers,an offshoot of the Quakers), whose last community
[00:45.60]in America (Hancock Village) died in 1960. It is now a museum.
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[01:17.07]'Tis the gift to be simple,
[01:18.80]'Tis the gift to be free,
[01:20.94]'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
[01:25.07]And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
[01:28.77]It will be in the valley of love and delight.
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[01:33.32]When true simplicity is gained,
[01:37.15]to bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed
[01:41.22]To turn, turn, will be our delight,
[01:44.90]'Til by turning, turning, we come round right.
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[01:49.53]When true simplicity is gained,
[01:53.41]to bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed
[01:57.38]To turn, turn, will be our delight,
[02:00.97]'Til by turning, turning, we come round right.
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[03:05.39]'Tis the gift to be simple,
[03:06.34]'Tis the gift to be free,
[03:08.62]'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
[03:12.80]And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
[03:16.41]It will be in the valley of love and delight.
[03:20.48]
[03:21.08]When true simplicity is gained,
[03:24.52]to bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed
[03:28.82]To turn, turn, will be our delight,
[03:32.37]'Til by turning, turning, we come round right.
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[03:37.20]When true simplicity is gained,
[03:41.02]to bow and to bend, we shan't be ashamed
[03:44.99]To turn, turn, will be our delight,
[03:48.67]'Til by turning, turning, we come round right.
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