A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools ‎#223

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