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Simple Gifts

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)

Year of Publication: 1848Genres: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Running Time: 0 hour 11 minutes 09 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Simple Gifts - Read by ALC Anna Clarkson	0:47
2	Simple Gifts - Read by DL David Lawrence	0:43
3	Simple Gifts - Read by GHS Algy Pug	0:47
4	Simple Gigts - Read by JB JemmaBlythe	0:41
5	Simple Gifts - Read by LAH Lee Ann Howlett	0:48
6	Simple Gifts - Read by LLW Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)	0:47
7	Simple Gifts - Read by MLR Melissa Ranum	0:47
8	Simple Gifts - Read by MOE Mihai Ovidiu Enache (MOE)	0:51
9	Simple Gifts - Read by NJB Nicholas James Bridgewater	0:56
10	Simple Gifts - Read by RN ravenotation	0:53
11	Simple Gifts - Read by SD summerdaze	0:51
12	Simple Gifts - Read by TDO Tracy Osborne	0:43
13	Simple Gifts - Read by VCF Vicente Costa Filho	0:49
14	Simple Gifts - Read by VG Victoria Grace	0:46