Text: | Go, Tell It on the Mountain |
Author: | John Wesley Work II |
Tune: | GO, TELL IT |
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 lonely manger
the humble Christ was born,
and God sent our salvation
that blessed Christmas morn. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | While shepherds kept their watching |
Title: | Go, Tell It on the Mountain |
Author: | John Wesley Work II (1907) |
Refrain First Line: | Go, tell it on the mountain |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Christmas; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year: Christmas(17 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GO, TELL IT |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | African-American spiritual 19th century arr. United Reformed Church (U.K.) |
Copyright: | Arrangement copyright © United Reformed Church. By permission of Oxford University Press. |