
Lyrics
(American folk song)
Refrain
Done found my lost sheep,
Done found my lost sheep,
Done found my lost sheep, (Sing it over)
Done found my lost sheep,
Done found my lost sheep,
Done found my lost sheep
Verse
My Lord had one hundred sheep,
One of them did go astray,
That just left him ninety-nine,
Go to the wilderness, seek and find,
If you find him bring him back,
‘Cross the shoulder, ‘cross the back,
Tell them neighbors all around: Refrain
Optional verse to lengthen the song: Keep adding numbers of sheep gone astray and decreasing how many are left.
Example:
My Lord had one hundred sheep,
Two of them did go astray,
That just left him ninety-eight…
See also
- Subject: Christian
- Form: ABA
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 2
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmslt
- Source: American Folk Songs for Christmas,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Loomis House Press, 1953
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody


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