'Tis a gift to be loving, 'tis a gift makes you true,
'Tis a gift to care in all you have to do,
For then we find ourselves with a peace so right
As lives in the valley of love and delight.
When simple charity is gain'd,
For love, love will be our delight
Till by truly loving we come round right.
'Tis a gift to be honest, 'tis a gift makes you free,
'Tis a gift that takes you where you want to be.
For when we find ourselves with a truth so right
'Twill be in a garden of love and delight.
When simple honesty is gain'd,
To do and to be we shan't be asham'd,
For truth, truth will be our delight
Till by truthful doing we come round right.
'Tis a gift to be joyful, 'tis a gift makes us sing,
'Tis a gift of spirit brightens everything;
It opens up the heart in a way just right
To live in the valley of love and delight.
When simple joyfulness is gain'd,
To sing and to dance we shan't be asham'd,
For joy, joy will be our delight
Till by joyful singing we come round right.

--Joan and Leo Collins