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{
"title": "There were ninety and nine",
"author": "",
"tune": "The Ninety and Nine",
"number": "137",
"lyrics": "There were ninety and nine that safely lay\nIn the shelter of the fold,\nBut one was out on the hills away,\nFar off from the gates of gold\nAway on the mountains wild and bare,\nAway from the tender Shepherd's care.\n\n\"Lord, thou hast here thy ninety and nine;\nAre they not enough for thee?\"\nBut the Shepherd made answer:\n\"This of mine has wandered away from me,\nAnd although the road be rough and steep,\nI go to the desert to find my sheep.\"\n\nBut none of the ransomed ever knew\nHow deep were the waters crossed;\nNor how dark was the night that the Lord passed thro'\nEre he found his sheep that was lost.\nOut in the desert he heard its cry\nSick and helpless, and ready to die.\n\n\"Lord, whence are those blood-drops all the way\nThat mark out the mountain's track?\"\n\"They were shed for one who had gone astray\nEre the Shepherd could bring him back.\"\n\"Lord, whence are thy hands so rent and torn?\nThey're pierced tonight by many a thorn.\"\n\nBut all thro' the mountains, thunder riv'n,\nAnd up from the rocky steep,\nThere arose a glad cry to the gate of heav'n,\n\"Rejoice! I have found my sheep!\"\nAnd the angels echoed around the throne,\n\"Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his own!\"",
"first_line": "There were ninety and nine that safely lay"
}