This is a fun story. I wrote about 2/3rds of this arrangement my junior year of high school. I finished it up a few years ago. When I started my website I got in contact with Susan Evans McCloud, the lyricist. We went back and forth e-mailing, trying to get permission from the music writer, K. Newell Dayley, who was on a mission. Sister McCloud was finally able to get a hold of him after months of waiting. Sister McCloud was so helpful and, in a grueling world of trying to contact composers for permissions, I was so appreciative!
I was especially touched by this song when I listened to how it was written. If you have a few minutes, give this a listen to. It is narrated by Sister McCloud herself!
Lord, I Would Follow Thee (lower)
Because I had a request, here’s a recording of just the piano:
This is exactly the kind of arrangement I have been looking for my YW to sing at New Beginnings. Thank you for arranging it! It is beautiful.
Glad it’s what you needed!
I love this arrangement, but is there any chance you have it in a lower key?
I just transposed it and send it over to you. Will put it on the site soon!
I just wanted to say thank you for sharing this arrangement. It’s beautiful! I’ll be using it for a musical number in church. Thanks for again sharing your talent!
Rose H.
This arrangement is perfect for the VT conference I am putting together!! But I’m wondering if you have an MP3 of the accompaniment track? We are in a ward where pianists are scarce so it would be helpful to have this instead.
Ok, here’s what I’ve done. I’ve uploaded a recording I did of just piano onto Sound Cloud. Find it here: https://soundcloud.com/dnisaacson3/lord-i-would-follow-thee. I’m also adding that to this post in case anyone wants that here. I hope this helps. I can e-mail you the .wav file if that is better.
This is so awesome!! Thank you!