Simple Gifts

Sing and play along to “Simple Gifts,” a Shaker melody by Elder Joseph Brackett. It is meant to be sung at a lively tempo for dancing. In fact, this song was the inspiration for an Aaron Copland composition in the ballet, Appalachian Spring and Sydney Carter’s Lord of the Dance!  Simple Gifts is arranged in the key of F major and includes lyrics, fixed & movable do solfège.