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Joseph Brackett Quotes

1797–1882 United States

Joseph Brackett, Jr. (6 May 1797 – 4 July 1882) was an American Shaker Elder and songwriter, famous as the author of the song "Simple Gifts."

United States
Songwriters

Also known as: Brackett, Joseph, Simple Gifts

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'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free.

Simple Gifts (1848)

When true simplicity is gain'd
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight
'Till by turning, turning we come round right.

Simple Gifts (1848)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joseph Brackett (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.