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Simple Gifts

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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

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Listen to a 50 sec poem 14 times

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at least some of my favorites readers were featured.