title: Rise Up, Shepherd And Follow
key: Christmas
harp type: Chromatic
genre: D
skill: Any

RISE UP, SHEPHERD, AND FOLLOW chromatic
African-American Christmas Spiritual
Vanessa Williams
Key: D
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There’s a star in the East on Christ-mas morn
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Rise up, shep-herd, and fol-low
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It will lead to the place
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where the Sav-ior’s born
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Rise up, shep-herd, and fol-low
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Leave your ewes and leave your lambs
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Rise up, shep-herd, and fol-low
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Leave your sheep and leave your rams
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Rise up, shep-herd, and fol-low
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Fol- low, fol-low,
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rise up shep-herd, and fol-low
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Fol-low the star of Beth-le-hem
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Rise up, shep-herd, and fol-low
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If you take good heed to the an-gels’ words
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Rise up, shep-herd, and fol-low
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You’ll for-get your flock,
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you’ll for-get your herd
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Rise up, shep-herd, and fol-low
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Leave your ewes and leave your lambs
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Rise up, shep-herd, and fol-low
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Leave your sheep and leave your rams
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Rise up, shep-herd, and fol-low