Welcome readers of the wonderful new book, The Runaway Sheep, by my good friend Dan Olson!

Dan asked me to write a lullaby to accompany the story; it was a fun challenge, and you can download the song below as a free gift. I hope it brings you and your little ones much joy.

Feel free to look around the site and see what other music you like, and thanks for visiting.

The Shepherd’s Lullaby

Wherever you wander, wherever you run

I’ll come for you always, my little one

I’ll walk through the mountains and over the sea

’til my little one’s here with me

And if you became a ship on a lake

Sailing so far from land

Then I’d be a storm, silver and warm

To bring you back home again

And if you dove deep in the bottomless sea

Never to hear me no more

Then I’d be the whale with the purple tail

I’d bring you to shore

Wherever you wander, wherever you run

I’ll come for you always, my little one

I’ll walk through the mountains and over the sea

’til my little one’s here with me

And if you became a stubborn old ox

Plowing your life away

What could I be, but a child asleep

Asleep in your box of hay?

And what would you do in the dark of the tomb

Away from my love and light?

I’d fetch you out with a glory shout

I’d bring you to life

Wherever you wander, wherever you run

I’ll come for you always, my little one

I’ll walk through the mountains and over the sea

’til my little one’s here with me

I’ll look through the planets and behind the sun

I’ll seek ’til I find you, my little one

And all through the cosmos, and beyond the stars

’til my little one’s in my arms

I’ll walk through the mountains and over the sea

’til my little one’s here with me

Oh, little one, rest in me

Words and Music © 2024 by Jacob Taylor Armerding, BMI

A special thanks to the good people of Awaken West Seventh for letting me record the string section in the sanctuary