The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes ‎#19

19. I was a wandering sheep

1 I was a wandering sheep,
I did not love the fold;
I did not love my Shepherd's voice,
I would not be controll'd;
I was a wayward child,
I did not love my home,
I did not love my Father's voice,
I loved afar to roam.

2 The Shepherd sought his sheep,
The Father sought his child;
They followed me o'er vale and hill,
O'er deserts waste and wild:
They found me nigh to death,
Famished, and faint, and lone;
They bound me with the bands of love,
They saved the wandering one.

3 Jesus, my Shepherd is,
'Twas he that loved my soul,
'Twas he that wash'd me in his blood,
'Twas he that made me whole:
'Twas he that sought the lost,
That found the wandering sheep,
'Twas he that brought me to the fold,
'Tis he that still doth keep.

Text Information

• First Line: I was a wandering sheep
• Publication Date: 1865
• Notes: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: LEBANON
• Composer: J. Zundel
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: By permission