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Christ in Song 121

All Have Gone Astray

Words: J. H. StocktonMusic: J. H. Stockton

1All we like sheep have gone astray, have gone astray, have gone astray;
All we like sheep have gone astray, turned every one to his own way;
And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all,
And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

2We have all gone astray from the path of the right, the path of the right;
We have all gone astray from the path of the right, turned every one to his own way;
And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all,
And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

3But Christ the Lord died for us all, died for us all, died for us all;
But Christ the Lord died for us all, turned every one to his own way;
And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all,
And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Words: J. H. Stockton
Music: J. H. Stockton
Scripture: Isaiah 53:6

The verse

Meter: 16.17.15.15
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 32% of beats fit
Rhyme: AABB

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Verse 1

All we like sheep have gone astray, have gone astray, have gone astray;/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/16A

All we like sheep have gone astray, turned every one to his own way;/˘//˘/˘///˘˘/˘˘//17A

And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all,˘˘///˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘/15B

And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.˘˘///˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘/15B

Verse 2

We have all gone astray from the path of the right, the path of the right;˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/17A

We have all gone astray from the path of the right, turned every one to his own way;˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘˘//21B

And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all,˘˘///˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘/15C

And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.˘˘///˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘/15C

Verse 3

But Christ the Lord died for us all, died for us all, died for us all;˘/˘//˘˘//˘˘//˘˘/16A

But Christ the Lord died for us all, turned every one to his own way;˘/˘//˘˘///˘˘/˘˘//17B

And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all,˘˘///˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘/15A

And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.˘˘///˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘/15A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.