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Christ in Song 361

COME, FEED THY SHEEP

Words: A. J. ShowalterMusic: A. J. Showalter

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1Come, feed thy sheep that on the moun-tain high Are wan-der-ing hungry, faint and lone-ly too;
And some have wan-dered from thy courts so nigh, With none to speak the soul-re-fresh-ing word to them of you.

2Some souls are hun-gry, wait-ing for the bread That com-eth down from heav-en's courts a-bove,
And some are faint and wea-ry, sick and sad, Still wait-ing for the heal-ing touch of thy re-deem-ing love.

3Then let us haste to feed thy hun-gry sheep, And bring them back in-to the fold of love,
For thou hast said that thou wilt safe-ly keep All those who trust in thee, and look to thee a-bove.

The verse

Meter
21.24
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 65% of beats fit
Rhyme
AA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Come, feed thy sheep that on the moun-tain high Are wan-der-ing hungry, faint and lone-ly too;////˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/21A
And some have wan-dered from thy courts so nigh, With none to speak the soul-re-fresh-ing word to them of you.˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘????/˘˘˘˘24A

Verse 2

Some souls are hun-gry, wait-ing for the bread That com-eth down from heav-en's courts a-bove,//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/20A
And some are faint and wea-ry, sick and sad, Still wait-ing for the heal-ing touch of thy re-deem-ing love.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/24A

Verse 3

Then let us haste to feed thy hun-gry sheep, And bring them back in-to the fold of love,//˘/˘///˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/20A
For thou hast said that thou wilt safe-ly keep All those who trust in thee, and look to thee a-bove.˘///˘///˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/22A

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.