a Shaker Hymn
'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 GAINED;
TO BOW AND TO BEND
WE SHAN'T BE ASHAM'D
TO TURN, TURN WILL BE OUR DELIGHT
'TIL BY TURNING, TURNING,
WE COME ROUND RIGHT
