Mudcat Café message #2554667

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Thread #21813 Message #2554667
Posted By: dick greenhaus
01-Feb-09 - 03:06 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Simple Gifts / 'Tis a Gift to be Simple
Subject: RE: Origins: Simple Gifts / 'Tis a Gift to be Simple

Elie Seigmeister thought that the "Simple Gifts" tune was derived from a seventeenth century hymn called "Confess Jehovah". There are certaily points of similarity.