Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#160

160. Go, Tell It on the Mountain

Text Information

• First Line: While shepherds kept their watching
• Title: Go, Tell It on the Mountain
• Author (Stanzas): John W. Work II (1907)
• Refrain First Line: Go, tell it on the mountain
• Meter: 76.76 w. refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 40:9
  ;
  Luke 2:8-15
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Birth; Jesus Christ: Epiphany and Infancy
• Source: Refrain, African-American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
• Arranger: John W. Work III (1940)
• Meter: 76.76 w. refrain
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: African-American spiritual
• Copyright: Arr. © 1940 John W. Work III

Text Information:

John Wesley Work II added the present stanzas to an existing refrain. Work was a leader in the effort to study, preserve and perform African-American slave songs and spirituals