Simple gifts

'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 ashamed,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.

Simple Gifts is a Shaker dance song written and composed in 1848, by Elder Joseph Brackett, at the Shaker community in Alfred, Maine.

You can see something of the Shaker way of life here.