Follow Me, Follow Me

This is a hymn about discipleship and following Jesus.

The words were written by English folk-hymn writer Michael Cockett (b 1938).

It was first published in England by Kevin Mayhew Ltd in 1977 in Hymns Old and New - A Hymn Book for the Irish Church - and subsequently has been included in a number of other hymnals from Kevin Mayhew Ltd. The only current sources of sheet music that have been found are these hymn-books:

Catholic Hymns Old and New - 2009 edition (it's not clear which other edition the song is in).
Celebration Hymnal for Everyone, McCrimmon Publishers.

The song is set to an un-named tune composed by Sr Madeline Cuddy FSC. This has 4/4 time signature and is a major key - originally D, with the first few notes being AGF.

Downloads

Examples

Solo singer with guitar (possibly the original recording):

Singer with keyboard backing track:

Youth choir with guitar and harmonica accompaniment:

Duet with backing track style accompaniment:

Singer with keyboard and backing track:

Instrumental - electronic keyboard with brass voice:

Lyrics

The full lyrics are copyright, so cannot be reproduced here. But they are available on this website - presumably under license.

The song starts with a five-line chorus, and has three verses. This is a rough outline:

Chorus:
Follow me, follow me, leave your home ....

Verses:
The foxes have their holes ...

If you would follow me ...

Although I go away ...

Chord Pattern

The full tune cannot be provided here, because it is copyright. But below is a guitar chord pattern which some people have used to accompany the song

  Chorus:

  A7 D A7 D G D

  D B Em A7 D A7 D G D A7 D

  Verse:

  Em A7 D G F#

  Bm F#m G Em F#m D A7 D