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Text:Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Author (Stanzas):John W. Work II
Tune:GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Arranger:John W. Work III

160. Go, Tell It on the Mountain

Text Information
First Line: While shepherds kept their watching
Title: Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Author (Stanzas): John W. Work II (1907)
Refrain First Line: Go, tell it on the mountain
Meter: 76.76 w. refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Source: Refrain, African-American spiritual
Tune Information
Name: GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Arranger: John W. Work III (1940)
Meter: 76.76 w. refrain
Key: F Major or modal
Source: African-American spiritual
Copyright: Arr. © 1940 John W. Work III


Text Information:

John Wesley Work II added the present stanzas to an existing refrain. Work was a leader in the effort to study, preserve and perform African-American slave songs and spirituals


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