It was written by American Roman Catholic musician, composer, some-time Catholic priest and later children's
educator and retirement-home operator, Jack Miffleton (b TBA).
It was included in the album "Wake Up the Earth," which was released by North American Liturgy Resources in 1983 (ref).
It the 1990s, the song was included in Alive-O, a primary school religious programme used in Ireland. It was widely used in First Confession and First Communion preparation, and thus is known to a generation or two of Irish people.
It is set to an unnamed tune, also by Miffleton . This has a 4/4 time signature. In the key of D, the first few notes are A A B F G A.
There is sheet music in circulation which attributes the song to American liturgical musician Grayson Warren Brown - but this is not correct: The words and tune in Brown's version of "My Shepherd is the Lord" are quite different.
It was included in the album "Wake Up the Earth," which was released by North American Liturgy Resources in 1983 (ref).
It the 1990s, the song was included in Alive-O, a primary school religious programme used in Ireland. It was widely used in First Confession and First Communion preparation, and thus is known to a generation or two of Irish people.
It is set to an unnamed tune, also by Miffleton . This has a 4/4 time signature. In the key of D, the first few notes are A A B F G A.
There is sheet music in circulation which attributes the song to American liturgical musician Grayson Warren Brown - but this is not correct: The words and tune in Brown's version of "My Shepherd is the Lord" are quite different.
