[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[00:21.01][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.[00:52.28][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.[01:32.63][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.[01:48.88][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.[02:05.32][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.[03:36.66][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.[03:53.38]