Simple Gifts


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

(4.5 stars; 2 reviews)

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) (0 hr 11 min)

Chapters

Simple Gifts - Read by ALC 0:47 Read by Anna Clarkson
Simple Gifts - Read by DL 0:43 Read by David Lawrence
Simple Gifts - Read by GHS 0:47 Read by Algy Pug
Simple Gigts - Read by JB 0:41 Read by JemmaBlythe
Simple Gifts - Read by LAH 0:48 Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Simple Gifts - Read by LLW 0:47 Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Simple Gifts - Read by MLR 0:47 Read by Melissa Ranum
Simple Gifts - Read by MOE 0:51 Read by Mihai Ovidiu Enache (MOE)
Simple Gifts - Read by NJB 0:56 Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater
Simple Gifts - Read by RN 0:53 Read by ravenotation
Simple Gifts - Read by SD 0:51 Read by summerdaze
Simple Gifts - Read by TDO 0:43 Read by Tracy Osborne
Simple Gifts - Read by VCF 0:49 Read by Vicente Costa Filho
Simple Gifts - Read by VG 0:46 Read by Victoria Grace

Reviews

Listen to a 50 sec poem 14 times


(4 stars)

at least some of my favorites readers were featured.