Sorry to have been so vague! Among others, Marilyn Hornes version of Aaron Copelands adaptation of the original Shaker composition.
"It's a gift to be simple, it's a gift to be..."
I think it is my favorite song, for the moment.
Hope you like it.
I am happy you liked it. And I look forward to the happy day I know how to post these wonderful things. I have a call to adult ed in our little town. The history of the song on Wikipedia is interesting. There are a million versions of this beautiful song. What a gift.
"He was adopted by Carole Wisti and Charles Franti, a Finnish American couple in Oakland, who had three biological children and one other adopted African American son.[2] Charles Franti was a professor in the department of epidemiology and preventive medicine of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine"