Come and Follow Me (Come be My light)

This is a hymn about discipleship and the call to mission in the church and the world. 

It was written by American Roman Catholic secular rock-musician, and later youth-minister, and parish music director, Tom Franzak (b. 1954), and first published by GIA Publications, Inc, USA in 1997.

The song has been translated into Spanish as Ven y Sígueme by American Roman Catholic priest Ronald F. Krisman (b. 1946).

Hymn-books where it has been published in include:

• Gather (3rd ed.)
• Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition
• Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song.
  

It is set to an unnamed tune, also by Franzak . This has a 4/4 time signature. In the key of G, the first few notes of the melody are G AB G_ AB d_

Downloads

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Digital sheet music: Leadsheet in G Major (Transposable)

Examples

Singer with guitar, multi-track recording

Professional recording - singer with guitar

Singer with piano

Choir with piano-led band

Singer with guitar, words on-screen

Instrumental - keyboard and saxophone melody line

Lyrics

The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:

1. Come be My light, be My voice to the nations
Be My hands, be My heart for the world.
Would you go where I go, where I lead will you follow?
Would you leave everything for My sake?
By the power of the Spirit, everyone with ears will hear it
Will embrace the call to love with all their heart.

Chorus:
If anyone would come and follow Me, My disciple you would be,
Leave the past behind, seek and you will find, all you’re called to be.
If anyone would come and follow Me, My disciple you would be
If anyone would come and follow Me, know the truth will make you free
Give and you receive, trust Me and believe. Come and follow Me.

2. Go, take your gift to the poor and the lonely
As you love, so will I live in you
Will you feed, feed my lambs? Share your hope with the hopeless?
Bring new sight to the blind in My name?
With a towel and a basin, towards the kingdom we will hasten,
Through the narrow gate that leads to Calvary.

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KEEP IN CASE ORIGINAL IS REMOVED, BUT DO NOT DISPLAY 1. Come be My light, be My voice to the nations
Be My hands, be My heart for the world.
Would you go where I go, where I lead will you follow?
Would you leave everything for My sake?
By the power of the Spirit, everyone with ears will hear it
Will embrace the call to love with all their heart.

Chorus:
If anyone would come and follow Me, My disciple you would be,
Leave the past behind, seek and you will find, all you’re called to be.
If anyone would come and follow Me, My disciple you would be
If anyone would come and follow Me, know the truth will make you free
Give and you receive, trust Me and believe. Come and follow Me.

2. Go, take your gift to the poor and the lonely
As you love, so will I live in you
Will you feed, feed my lambs? Share your hope with the hopeless?
Bring new sight to the blind in My name?
With a towel and a basin, towards the kingdom we will hasten
Through the narrow gate that leads to Calvery.