Way out beyond the stone clad walls

Way out beyond the stone clad walls
where hills are steep and ravens fed,
the quad-bike riding shepherd looks
for sheep, distressed or lost or dead.

Ten times a hundred fill the fold,
but every shepherd holds a place
where beasts are safe, are kept and held,
are held by duty, love or grace.

Verses 3-4 follow

Tune: O WALY WALY; ABENDS;
Metre: LM

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)

Words © 24/8/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. 

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