Paul Davis
1 min readDec 24, 2015

This reminds me of the 19th century Shaker dance tune made popular in the 20th century by Aaron Copland in his “Appalachian Spring” ballet. To quote part of the lyrics: “’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.”

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Paul Davis
Paul Davis

Written by Paul Davis

Nomadic writer, realist, voluntaryist, nudist, singer, drummer, harmonica and recorder player, composer, gadfly, runner, troublemaker, survivor so far.

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