Shepherd, Show Me How to Go (Setting II, 2010)

Daniel Burton

Key:: C
Vocal Range:: Low
Pitch Range:: C - D

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Key:: Eb
Vocal Range:: High
Pitch Range:: Eb - F

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Composer:: Daniel Burton
Lyricist:: Mary Baker Eddy
Publisher:: Cedar Crest Music
Instrumentation:: Piano/Vocal
Key:: C; Eb
Vocal Range:: High; Low
Vocal Pitch Range:: C - D; Eb - F
MP3 Duration:: 03:46

A gentle, original setting which combines toward the end with Llanfair, the familiar hymn tune associated with this favorite poem.

Lyrics

Shepherd, Show Me How To Go
(Setting II)

Poem by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by Daniel Burton

Shepherd, show me how to go
O’er the hillside steep,
How to gather, how to sow,
How to feed Thy sheep;
I will listen for Thy voice,
Lest my footsteps stray;
I will follow and rejoice
All the rugged way.

Thou wilt bind the stubborn will,
Wound the callous breast,
Make self-righteousness be still,
Break earth’s stupid rest.
Strangers on a barren shore,
Laboring long and lone,
We would enter by the door,
And Thou knowest Thine own.

So, when day grows dark and cold,
Tear or triumph harms,
Lead Thy lambkins to the fold,
Take them in Thine arms;
Feed the hungry, heal the heart,
Till the morning’s beam;
White as wool, ere they depart,
Shepherd, wash them clean.

Words used courtesy of The Mary Baker Eddy Collection