...Till by turning, turning we come round right

[anastasiav]

Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,

'Tis the gift to come down where you ought to be,

And when we find ourselves in the place just right,

'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

When true simplicity is gain'd,

To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,

To turn, turn will be our delight,

Till by turning, turning we come round right.

Comments

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

Did you get to watch it? The musical interlude between Biden's oath and Obama's was one of the Shaker hymns that Aaron Copeland incorporated into Appalachian Spring.

[anastasiav.livejournal.com]

I ended up listening to it on public radio, while also reading some websites that were liveblogging it and occasionally refreshing the herkey-jerkey flash video on nytimes.com.

Excellent quote from Wokette's Live Blog
"11:59 AM — And now famous Hollywood composer John Williams will conduct the “Imperial March,” as Cheney is wheeled into a vat of cooking oil."