Do You Really Love Me (Jesus said to Peter)

This children's song, based on John 21:17, was written by American musician, songwriter and at-the-time Roman Catholic priest Carey Landry (b 1944).

It was included in the "Hi God" songbook volume 1 which was released in 1973. It is still available from OCP today - and their page even includes a soundtrack to listen to the song.

It was also included some other books published in the 1970 - including the 20th Century Folk Hymnal Volume 4 (UK / Ireland).

Downloads

No downloadable versions have been found, of either performances or the sheet music. If you know where to find one, please leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.

Examples

Solo singer with electronic keyboard accompaniment:

Singer, self accompanied on guitar, live cafe-style performance:

Lyrics

Do you really love me?
Jesus said to Peter.
Do you really love me?
Jesus said again.
Yes I really love you,
Peter said to with joy.
Than feed my sheep He said,
Peter feed my sheep.

Other verses - substituting Peter with "me" "you" "us" can be added as required.