This arrangement is based on the tune “Rousseau” composed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), a citizen of Geneva, Switzerland. It has been used by teachers, musicians, and film makers over the centuries to the words, “Go Tell Aunt Rhody” and other lesser-known texts.

This majestic setting features the text by Folliott S. Pierpoint (1835-1917):

The hymnal basis for this music is a melody penned by Ira D. Sankey in 1894. It was published in 1913 in a book titled “Service Songs for Young People’s Societies, Sunday Schools and Church Prayer Meetings.”

The 23rd Psalm is one of the most familiar passages in scripture. It is a Psalm of reassurance and comfort. This paraphrase by Henry Williams Baker (1821-1877) is familiar to us today as “The King of Love My Shepherd Is.” This arrangement presents three verses of the tune.

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