Poor Little Black Sheep

Well it's a brack bellie sheep!

I've been a Christian for 21 years  but when ever I read this poem, I think about the early days of my Christianity and I remember what my life was without God and how he persued me to bring me into his fold. 

 

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?  And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. Mat.18:12-13 ESV

Poor Lil' Brack Sheep dat stray'd away,

   Done los' in de win and rain,

An de Shepherd He say,"O hirelin',

   Go fin' my sheep again."

An' de hirelin' frowns, "Oh Shepherd,

   Dat sheep am brack an' bad."

But de Shepherd He smile like de lil' brack sheep

   Is de onliest lamb he had,

   Is de onliest lamb he had.

An' He say, "Oh hirelin', hasten!

   For de win' an' de rain am col',

And dat lil' brack sheep am lonesome

   Out dere so far from de fol',"

An de hirelin' frown, "O Shepherd,

   Dat sheep am ol' an gray."

But de Shepherd He smile like de lil' brack sheep

   Wuz fair as de break ob day,

   Wuz fair as the break ob day.

An he say, " O hirelin', hasten!

   Lo here is de ninety an' nine,

But dere way off from the sheep fol'

   Is dat lil' brack sheep of mine."

An de hirelin'  frown, "O Shepherd,

   De rest ob de sheep am here."

But the Shepherd He smile like de lil' brack sheep

   He hol' it de mostes' dear,

   He hol' it de mostes' dear.

An' de Shepherd go out in de darkness,

   Where de night was col' an' bleak,

An' de lil' brack sheep He fin' it,

   An' lay it agains' His cheek.

An' de hirelin' frown, "O Shepherd,  Don't bring dat sheep to me."

But de Shepherd He smile, an' He hol' it close,

   An de lil' brack sheep...is me!

   An de lil' brack sheep...is me!

POOR LIL' BRACK SHEEP

By: Ethel M. C. Brazelton