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Since my first Shaker book, The Outsider, is still on e-book sale for the special low price of $1.99 for a few more days, I’m re-posting a piece I shared about the Shakers’ most famous Shaker song ten or so years ago here. I’m guessing some of you may not have been reading my posts that long or if …
Simple Gifts “Tis the gift to be simple, tis the gift to be free.” That has to be the best known line of any Shaker song. Many people change the wording a bit when they sing the song and say “Tis a gift to be simple,” but that little change of the to a does make a difference in the …
My editor e-mailed me with some questions about the Shaker song, “Simple Gifts” this week and that got me to thinking about the song. “Tis the gift to be simple, tis the gift to be free” is probably the best known line of a Shaker hymn. Many people sing it incorrectly as “Tis a gift to be simple,” but that …