Simple Gifts

'Tis a gift to be simple, 'tis a gift to be free

'Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be
And when we find ourselves in the place just right
We will live in the valley of love and delight
When true simplicity is gained
To bow and to bend we shall not be ashamed
To turn and to turn will be our delight
'Til by turning and turning we come round right
The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof
Its streets, its streams, as well as stars above

Salvation is here where we laugh, where we cry
Where we seek and love, where we live and die
When true liberty is found
By fear and by hate we will no more be bound
In love and in life we will find a new birth
In peace and in freedom redeem the earth