Go Tell It on the Mountain
Author: African-American spiritual
Composer: African-American spiritual
Languages (9)
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: Geht, ruft es von den Bergen
- Japanese: [Unknown title]
- Korean: 온 세상에 전하라
- Portuguese: Ao mundo proclamai
- Spanish: ¡Ve! Dilo en las montañas
- Tagalog: Inyong Ipamalita
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Most common tunes for “Go Tell It on the Mountain”
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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), no. 1208
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 mountainThat Jesus Christ is born!
1. While shepherds kept their watchingO’er silent flocks by night,Behold, throughout the heavensThere shone a holy light.
Go tell it on the mountain,Over the hills and ev’rywhere.Go tell it on the mountainThat Jesus Christ is born!
2. The shepherds feared and trembledWhen lo! above the earthRang out the angel chorusThat hailed our Savior’s birth.
Go tell it on the mountain,Over the hills and ev’rywhere.Go tell it on the mountainThat Jesus Christ is born!
3. Down in a lowly mangerThe humble Christ was born,And God sent us salvationThat blessed Christmas morn.
Go tell it on the mountain,Over the hills and ev’rywhere.Go tell it on the mountainThat Jesus Christ is born!