'TIS THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE, 'TIS THE GIFT TO BE FREE, 'TIS THE GIFT TO GO WHERE WE WANT TO BE, 'TIS THE GIFT OF UNITY, 'TIS THE GIFT OF DEFENDING LIBERTY, 'TIS THE GIFT OF MEMORIES REMEMBERED DEAR, 'TIS THE GIFT OF LOVED ONES IN HEARTS ALWAYS NEAR, 'TIS THE GIFT OF OUR PLACE JUST RIGHT, 'TWILL BE IN THE LAND OF LOVE AND DELIGHT.
~"SIMPLE GIFTS" (c.1875) Shaker Song Modified M.C. Bryant |