<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> "Simple Gifts" is a Shaker song written and composed in 1848 by Elder Joseph Brackett . </P> <P> The tune was written by Joseph Brackett (1797--1882) in 1848 . Brackett, a lifelong resident of Maine, first joined the Shakers at Gorham, Maine, when his father's farm helped to form the nucleus of a new Shaker settlement . </P> <Table> External video <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Songs of America - Simple Gifts - Shaker Hymn, 1: 40, Cibertracker Imperium </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> I Danced in the Morning (LORD OF THE DANCE), 3: 55, First - Plymouth Church Lincoln Nebraska - Videos </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who wrote tis a gift to be simple