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| Author (stanzas): | John W. Work Jr. |
| Tune: | [While shepherds kept their watching] |
5a. 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 thru-out the heavens
There shone a holy light.
2. The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo! above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our Savior's birth.
3. Down in a lowly manger
The humble Christ was born,
And God sent us salvation
That blessed Christmas morn.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | While shepherds kept their watching |
| Title: | Go, Tell It on the Mountain |
| Author (stanzas): | John W. Work Jr. (1940) |
| Meter: | 7.6.7.6 with refrain |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Christmas |
| Notes: | Stanzas by John W. Work Jr. of Fisk University, from American Negro Songs and Spirituals (1940). |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | [While shepherds kept their watching] |
| Incipit: | 13556 53 |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
| Notes: | Refrain, melody from Hampton University’s Religious Folks Songs of the Negro (1909), arr. The Pilgrim Hymnal (1958). |
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