Simple Gifts

Joseph Brackett

Language: English

Genres: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)Poetry

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1/14Simple Gifts - Read by ALC

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1. Simple Gifts - Read by ALC
2. Simple Gifts - Read by DL
3. Simple Gifts - Read by GHS
4. Simple Gigts - Read by JB
5. Simple Gifts - Read by LAH
6. Simple Gifts - Read by LLW
7. Simple Gifts - Read by MLR
8. Simple Gifts - Read by MOE
9. Simple Gifts - Read by NJB
10. Simple Gifts - Read by RN
11. Simple Gifts - Read by SD
12. Simple Gifts - Read by TDO
13. Simple Gifts - Read by VCF
14. Simple Gifts - Read by VG

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Simple Gifts by Anonymous. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 17th, 2010.

Several Shaker manuscripts indicate that this is a "Dancing Song" or a "Quick Dance." The references to "turning" in the last two lines have been identified as dance instructions. The melody was used by Aaron Copeland as the basis for Appalachian Spring. (summary by Wikipedia and David Lawrence)

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