The next book that Praise To God used as a source was Ray Repp‘s, Come Alive, from which they chose three selections. Oddly, these all appeared in the supplement in the revised version in 1990, so they were only catching up with these 1960s, folk mass era songs, when they were on the way out.
I’ve already blogged, “Hear, O Lord“and “Peace, My Friends“, so I will look at the other song, his paraphrase of Psalm 23, “And I Will Follow”.
OCP has a CD with this song on but no sheet music available. Hymnary notes it’s presence in the Canadian hymnal, the Catholic Book of Worship, and Godsongs notes it’s presence in the Hymnal for Young Christians, Volume 2. It may be as Mary at Godsongs suggested about another simple hymn from this era, that it is so simple that there is no need for sheet music. It is a four chord wonder (C,Am,F,G7), I suppose, so short of searching out old hymnals or looking for tattered sheet music in the back room at church you might have to work this one out yourself.
I made a backing:
Refrain
The Lord is my true shepherd; no want nor fear I know;
He leads me by safe paths, and I will follow.
1 Fresh and green are the pastures where my new home will be;
The waters will be clean and clear:
That’s where he leads me.
Though dark and lonely days, when hope seems gone,
He leads me to the place where peace is won.
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2 A banquet will be ready when I come home to stay;
My family will gather round on that great day.
Good and kindness will follow me for the rest of my days.
I’ll live in the house of my Lord;
Oh, grant that I may.
Refrain