Simple Gifts - SATB

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Composer
Robert W. Lehman
Difficulty
Moderate radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
General Advent Thanksgiving Season After Pentecost
Voicing(s)
SATB
Instruments
Unaccompanied [a cappella]
Category
Anthems
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Learning Track Videos
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

For SATB Choir. One of the nicest arrangements of this Shaker song that we know of. Simply charming! Also available in a slightly easier SAB version.

Pair this up with Richard White's Prelude and Fugue on "Simple Gifts" for a great service!

Part learning videos are available for this piece.  

Audio
Lyrics

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free
'Tis the gift to come down where we 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 gain'd,
to bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
to turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.