CPWI Hymnal ‎#65

65. While shepherds kept their watching

Refrain:
Go tell it on the mountain,
over the hills and everywhere;
go tell it on the mountain
that Jesus Christ is born!

1 While shepherds kept their watching
o’er silent flocks by night,
behold, throughout the heavens
there shone a holy light. [Refrain]

2 The shepherds feared and trembled
when lo! above the earth
rang out the angel chorus
that hailed our Saviour’s birth. [Refrain]

3 Down in a lowly manger
the humble Christ was born,
and God sent us salvation
that blessed Christmas morn. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: While shepherds kept their watching
• Adapter: John Wesley Work, III, 1901-1967
• Refrain First Line: Go tell it on the mountain
• Meter: 7.6.7.6 with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 40:9
• Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Christmas
• Source: African-American spiritual, 19th century

Tune Information

• Name: GO TELL IT
• Arranger: Horace Clarence Boyer, 1935-2009
• Meter: 7.6.7.6 with Refrain
• Key: F Major
• Source: African-American spiritual
• Copyright: Arrangement reproduced by permission of Mrs. Gloria Boyer