The Ninety and Nine
Words and music by Elizabeth Clephane & Ira Sankey · 1874
Key of Eb · 76 BPM · 4/4 · Grace,Provision · Luke 15:4
Verse 1
There were ninety and nine that safely lay in the shelter of the fold,
but one was out on the hills away, far off from the gates of gold —
away on the mountains wild and bare,
away from the tender Shepherd's care.
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