Lift Every Voice and Sing II 110
You Hear the Lambs a-Cryin'
- Tune
- [my savior spoke these words so sweet]
- Composer(s)
- Verolga Nix (b. 1933)
- Text Source(s)
- Traditional
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Refrain: You hear the lambs a-cryin’, hear the lambs a-cryin’, hear the lambs a-cryin’ O Shepherd, feed my sheep.
1 My Savior spoke these words so sweet, O Shepherd, feed my sheep. sayin’ Peter, if you love me, feed my sheep.” O Shepherd, feed my sheep. [Refrain]
2 O Lord, I love thee, thou dost know; O Shepherd, feed my sheep. O give me grace to love thee more. O Shepherd, feed my sheep. [Refrain]
3 O wasn’t that an awful shame? O Shepherd, feed my sheep. He hung three hours in mortal pain. O Shepherd, feed my sheep. [Refrain]