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Text:The Lost Sheep
Author:Mrs. M. B. C. Slade
Tune:[The ninety and nine, his dear ones that stay]
Composer:R. M. McIntosh

12. The Lost Sheep

Text Information
First Line: The ninety and nine, his dear ones that stay
Title: The Lost Sheep
Author: Mrs. M. B. C. Slade
Refrain First Line: Come home, my lambs, come home!
Language: English
Publication Date: 1889
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [The ninety and nine, his dear ones that stay]
Composer: R. M. McIntosh
Incipit: 33235 11235 34565
Notes: Public Domain.



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