Refrain:

Go, tell it on the mountain,

Over the hills and ev’ry where:

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. [Refrain]

 

2 The shepherds feared and trembled

When lo! Above the earth

Rang out the angel chorus

That hailed our Savior’s birth. [Refrain]

 

3 And lo when they had heard it,

They all bowed down and prayed;

They traveled on together

To where the Babe was laid. [Refrain]

 

4 Down in a lowly manger

The humble Christ was born,

And God sent us salvation

That blessed Christmas morn. [Refrain]