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SHEPHERDS
REJOICE.
C.
M.
D.
"The
Lord
is
my
Shepherd."-Ps.
23:1.
Key
of
F
Major.
L.
P.
Breedlove.
Rearranged
by
B.
S.
Aiken,
1908
1.
Shep-herds
re
-
joice!
lift
up
your
eyes.
And
send
your
fears
a
-
way,
News
from
the
re - gions
of
the
skies,
A
Sav
-
iour's
born
to - -
day,
Je
-
sus,
the
God
whom
2.
No
gold
nor
pur
-
ple
swad
-
ling
bands,
Nor
roy
-
al
shin
-
ing
things,
A
man
-
ger
for
His
cra
-
dle
stands,
And
holds
the
King
of
kings.
Go,
shep
-
herd
where
the
3.
Thus
Ga
-
briel
sang
and
straight
a
-
bound
The
heav'n-ly
ar
-
mies
throng,
They
tune
their
harps
to
soft
-
ly
sound
And
thus
con
-
clude
their
song.
Glo
-
ry
to
God
who
an
-
gels
fear,
Comes
down
to
dwell
with
you.
To
-
day
He
makes
His
en - trance
here,
But
not
as
mon
-
archs
do.
in
-
fant
lies,
And
see
His
hum
-
ble
throne,
The
tears
of
joy
in
all
your
eyes,
Go,
Shep-herd
kiss
the
Son.
reigns
a
-
bove,
Let
peace
sur-round
the
earth.
Mor
-
tals
shall
know
their
Ma
-
ker's
love
At
their
Re
-
deem
-
er's
birth.
These
are
part
of
the
words
taken
from
the
tune
"Oxford"
in
the
"Sacred
Harp,"
words
originally
appearing
in
the
"Methodist
Hymn
Book,"
page
425.
L.
P.
Breedlove
composed
several
tunes
which
appear
in
the
"Sacred
Harp."
B.
S.
Aiken
resides
at
present
in
Pike
county,
Ga.;
is
a
fine
singer
and
a
great
lover
of
music.
He
is
on
the
committee
of
revision
of
the
"Sacred
Harp,"
appointed
by
the
United
Sacred
Harp
Musical
Association
of
1908.
Mr.
Aiken
is
a
member
of
the
Biptist-Church.
This
tune
was
originally
in
the
"Sacred
Harp,"
on
page
288.
It
was
taken
out
and
tune
"White"
put
in
its
place.
Copyright,
1909,
by
J.
S. James,