Celebrating Grace Hymnal ‎#143

143. Go, Tell It on the Mountain

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

• First Line: While shepherds kept their watching
• Title: Go, Tell It on the Mountain
• Author: John W. Work, Jr. (1907, adapt.)
• Refrain First Line: Go, tell it on the mountain
• Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Scripture:
  Luke 2:8-14
• Topic: God the Son: Christmastide; Christian Year-Christmastide; Proclamation

Tune Information

• Name: GO TELL IT
• Harmonizer: John W. Work III (1940)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain
• Key: F Major
• Source: African-American spiritual
• Copyright: Harm. used by permission, Mrs. John W. Work, III (Admin. by Lorenz Corporation)