Text: | While shepherds kept their watching |
Adapter: | John W. Work, b. 1901 |
Tune: | GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN |
Arranger: | Horace Clarence Boyer, b. 1935 |
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 Savior'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 | |
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First Line: | While shepherds kept their watching |
Adapter: | John W. Work, b. 1901 |
Refrain First Line: | Go tell it on the mountain |
Meter: | 76. 76 wih Refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Source: | Afro-American spiritual, 19th cent. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN |
Arranger: | Horace Clarence Boyer, b. 1935 |
Meter: | 76. 76 wih Refrain |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Afro-American spiritual (19th cent.) |
Copyright: | Arrangement © 1984, Horace Clarence Boyer |