Artist: | Unknown (English) |
User: | ralph estes |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Simple Gifts ( in G )
[written by Elder Joseph Brackett while he was at the
Shaker community in Alfred, Maine in 1848]
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.
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Whe - en true sim - plicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To tu - urn, tu - urn will be our delight, Till by
turning, turning we come round right.
The song is used by West Virginia University; the clock tower at
Woodburn Hall, on the downtown campus, plays the melody daily at
12:20 p.m. and it has been played by the Pride of West Virginia
during pregame at all home football games since at least 1977.
The song is also used by Appalachian State University; the Marching
Mountaineers play it right before 'Hi Hi Yikas' (the Appalachian fight
song) in the football pregame show, effectively whipping Kidd Brewer
Stadium crowds into a frenzy.