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Text:Go tell it on the mountain
Author (stanzas 1-3):John Wesley Work, Jr.
Tune:GO TELL IT
Arranger:Hugh Porter

223. Go tell it on the mountain

Text Information
First Line: While shepherds kept their watching
Title: Go tell it on the mountain
Author (stanzas 1-3): John Wesley Work, Jr. (1940)
Refrain First Line: Go tell it on the mountain
Meter: 7676 with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1992
Topic: The Birth of Jesus
Source: African American 19th-century spiritual
Tune Information
Name: GO TELL IT
Arranger: Hugh Porter (1958)
Meter: 7676 with refrain
Key: F Major or modal
Source: African American spiritual, 19th century
Copyright: Harmonization used by permission as published in The Pilgrim Hymnal, copyright 1958 The Pilgrim Press



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