The Children's Hymnbook ‎#82

82. Oh, Leave Your Sheep

1 Oh, leave your sheep,
Your shepherds on the hills,
Leave fields and rocks,
And all the care of flocks.
Your sorrow deep
Now change to joy that thrills;
Come hither and adore
Your God, your God, your God, who heals your grief so sore.

2 Come from above,
He in a manger lies,
The holy Child
So innocent and mild!
What perfect love
Has brought Him from the skies
On earth to seek for you!
He is, He is, He is a shepherd kind and true.

3 O Eastern kings,
Led by a shining star,
Your voices raise
Before the Babe in praise.
Your homage brings
Gifts priceless from afar;
Offer to Him as well
Your hearts, your hearts, your hearts, that in them He may dwell.

Text Information

• First Line: Oh, leave your sheep
• Title: Oh, Leave Your Sheep
• Translator: Katharine Huntington
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1962
• Topic: Christmas
• Copyright: © E. C. Schirmer Music Company
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [O leave your sheep, you shepherds]
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Old French Carol
• Copyright: © E. C. Schirmer Music Company
• Notes: Now Public Domain