‘Simple Gifts’ on recorders

‘Simple Gifts’ on triple/double/solo recorder. A celebration of simplicity and simplifying. Melody written by Joseph Brackett (1797-1882), adapted for recorder(s) and performed by Hein Zegers. No instruments were harmed in the making of this clip. 😉

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, 
And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 
'Twill be in the valley of love and Delight. 
When true simplicity is gain'd, 
To bow and to bend we will not be asham'd, 
To turn, turn will be our delight, 
Till by turning, turning we come round right.

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