1.

Fetch the lost one from the world; a feast for him prepare.
Your heart widen; let him enter there.
Give him milk that’s sweet to drink and vintage wine so rare.
Bring him in, bring him into the fold, my friend!

2.

Go now into Babylon; save one enslaved therein.
Break his chains, and hasten home with him.
Rescue him from those who are indiff’rent unto sin.
Bring him in, bring him into the fold, my friend!

3.

Pray to God in simple faith, and seek a father’s mind.
Be a shepherd—merciful and kind.
Gird your loins up, and upon your shoulders burdens bind.
Bring them in, bring them into the fold, my friend!

4.

Be devoted in your service; work while there is light.
Hasten! Onward! Quickly comes the night.
Put your shoulder to the task like oxen, strong—with might.
Bring them in, bring them into the fold, my friend!

Written in 1919 by Edwin Bekkevold (published in 1920)Australian melodyText © Stiftelsen Skjulte Skatters ForlagNorway ⋅ D