Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#146

146. Hear the Lambs a Cryin'

Refrain:
You hear the lambs a cryin'
Hear the lambs a cryin'
Hear the lambs a cryin'
O shepherd, feed my sheep.

1. Our Savior spoke these words so sweet:
O shepherd, feed my sheep.
Said 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.
Oh, give me grace to love you more.
O shepherd, feed my sheep. [Refrain]

3. Oh, when I am in agony;
O shepherd, feed my sheep.
Oh, when you see me, pity me.
O shepherd, feed my sheep. [Refrain]

4. For I'm a pilgrim, trav'lin on;
O shepherd, feed my sheep.
This lonesome road where Jesus' gone.
O shepherd, feed my sheep. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Our Savior spoke these words so sweet
• Title: Hear the Lambs a Cryin'
• Refrain First Line: You hear the lambs a cryin'
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  John 21:17
• Topic: Resurrection
• Notes: Transcribed from the students of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (now Hampton University) and arranged by Thomas P. Fenner, the school’s first music director, as in Hampton and Its Students, with Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs (1874).

Tune Information

• Name: HEAR THE LAMBS
• Arranger: Thomas P. Fenner (1874)
• Incipit: 31331 311
• Key: a minor or modal