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SDA Hymnal 138

Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow

Words: African American SpiritualMusic: African American SpiritualTune: Rise Up, ShepherdIrregular

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1There's a star in the east on Christmas morn,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
It will lead to the place where the Savior's born,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.

RefrainLeave your sheep and leave your lambs,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
Leave your ewes and leave your rams,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
Follow, follow, rise up shepherd and follow.
Follow the star of Bethlehem,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.

2If you take good heed to the angel's words,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
You'll forget your flocks, you'll forget your herds,
Rise up, shepherd, and follow.

Scripture
Luke 2:8-20

The verse

Meter
10.7.11.7
Foot
anapestic (da-da-DUM) · 43% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABAB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

There's a star in the east on Christmas morn,/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/10A
Rise up, shepherd, and follow./˘/˘˘/˘7B
It will lead to the place where the Savior's born,˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘/11A
Rise up, shepherd, and follow./˘/˘˘/˘7B

Verse 2

If you take good heed to the angel's words,˘˘///˘˘/˘/10A
Rise up, shepherd, and follow./˘/˘˘/˘7B
You'll forget your flocks, you'll forget your herds,/˘/˘//˘/˘/10A
Rise up, shepherd, and follow./˘/˘˘/˘7B

Refrain

Leave your sheep and leave your lambs,/˘/˘/˘/7A
Rise up, shepherd, and follow./˘/˘˘/˘7B
Leave your ewes and leave your rams,/˘/˘/˘/7A
Rise up, shepherd, and follow./˘/˘˘/˘7B
Follow, follow, rise up shepherd and follow./˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘11B
Follow the star of Bethlehem,/˘˘/˘/˘/8C
Rise up, shepherd, and follow./˘/˘˘/˘7B

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.