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Hymn to the Good Shepherd

Jane Eliza Leeson

“Hymn to the Good Shepherd” as printed in Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860).

Jane Eliza Leeson: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1860 · historical text
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This text comes from Catholic Hymns (1860), a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep,

Keep Thy lamb, in safety keep:

Nothing can Thy power withstand,

None can pluck me from Thy hand.

Verse 2

Loving Shepherd, Thou didst give

Thine own life that I might live;

May I love Thee day by day,

Gladly Thy sweet will obey.

Verse 3

Loving Shepherd, ever near,

Teach Thy lamb Thy voice to hear;

Suffer not my steps to stray

From the straight and narrow way.

Verse 4

Where Thou leadest may I go,

Walking in Thy steps below;

Then before Thy Father's throne,

Jesu, claim me for Thine own.

Credits

Written by Jane Eliza Leeson

Words by Jane Eliza Leeson. Historical text published in Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860), “Hymn to the Good Shepherd”

The 1860 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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