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Artist: Johnny Cash
Canonical path: /johnny-cash/who-kept-the-sheep
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Who Kept The Sheep
Read Who Kept The Sheep lyrics by Johnny Cash on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Who Kept The Sheep
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The shepherds afar left their flocks by night
Followed the new star by its heavenly light
Did the lambs fear the wolves did they lay down and sleep
Who kept the sheep who kept the sheep
Did robbers not steal or did they fear the light
That the shepherds had followed night after night
Did they not stray did little lambs weep who kept the sheep who kept the sheep
Under the new star the new Saviour lay in his dim manger he lay on the hay
The shepherds that came had a vigil to keep
But who kept the sheep who kept the sheep who kept the sheep who kept the sheep
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Johnny Cash performs "Who Kept The Sheep", and this lyric page sits inside the Johnny Cash catalog on LyroVerse.
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