Go Tell It on the Mountain
Author: African-American spiritual
Composer: African-American spiritual
Languages (7)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Dutch: Ga, roep het van de bergen
- English: Go Tell It on the Mountain
- French: Viens, crie sur les montagnes !
- German: Komm, sag es allen weiter
- Japanese: [Unknown title]
- Portuguese: Ao mundo proclamai
- Spanish: ¡Ve! Dilo en las montañas
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Most common tunes for “Go Tell It on the Mountain”
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Appearances of “Go Tell It on the Mountain” over time
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1940 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest known source: American Negro Songs and Spirituals, John W. Work II, 1940.
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
New Music Horizons: Sixth Book (1946), 215.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
Hymns—For Home and Church (2027, 2024-preview), Sep 2025
Arranger: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and ev’rywhere. 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.
Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and ev’rywhere. Go tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born!
2. The shepherds feared and trembled When lo! above the earth Rang out the angel chorus That hailed our Savior’s birth.
Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and ev’rywhere. Go tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born!
3. Down in a lowly manger The humble Christ was born, And God sent us salvation That blessed Christmas morn.
Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and ev’rywhere. Go tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born!