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Go Tell It on the Mountain

(Christian spiritual song)

Go tell it on the mountain

Over the hills and everywhere

Go tell it on the mountain

That Jesus is born


Go tell it on the mountain

Over the hills and everywhere

Oh go, go tell it on the mountain

Jesus Christ is born

 

Shepherds watching
Over their flocks by night
And out of the darkness
There rose a heavenly light

 

Feared and they trembled
And high above the earth
Rang out an angel chorus
Telling of the Saviour's birth, singing...

 

Go tell it on the mountain

 

Guess I was a seeker
I saught Him both night and day
Asked the Lord to help me
He showed me the way
Down in a manger
A humble child was born
God sent us salvation
On that Christmas morning


Go tell it on the mountain

"Go Tell It on the Mountain" is an African-American spiritual compiled by John W. Work dating back to at least 1865 that has been sung and recorded by many gospel and secular performers. It is considered a Christmas carol because its original lyric celebrates the Nativity of Jesus: "Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born."
In 1963, Peter Yarrow, Noel "Paul" Stookey, and Mary Travers, along with their musical director, Milt Okun, adapted and rewrote "Go Tell It on the Mountain" as "Tell It on the Mountain", their lyrics referring specifically to Exodus and employing the line "Let my people go," but implicitly referring to the Civil Rights struggle of the early '60s. The song was recorded by Yarrow, Stookey and Travers on their Peter, Paul and Mary album In the Wind and was also a moderate hit single for them. (US #33 pop, 1964). A version by Little Big Town reached the Top 40 on the Hot Country Songs charts, reaching #35.
 

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