Repeat the last line of each verse
1 There were ninety and nine that safely lay
But one was on the hills away,
2 "Lord, Thou hast here Thy ninety and nine;
Are they not enough for Thee?"
But the Shepherd made answer: "This of Mine
3 But none of the ransomed ever knew
How deep were the waters crossed;
Nor how dark was the night which the Lord passed though
Ere He found His sheep that was lost.
4 "Lord, whence are those blood-drops all the way
That mark out the mountain's track?"
"They were shed for one who had gone astray
Ere the Shepherd could bring him back."
5 And all through the mountains, thunder-riven,
There arose a cry to the gate of heaven,
"Rejoice! I have found My sheep!"