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Go Tell It On The Mountain

While shepherds kept their watching

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

76. 76 wih Refrain

Modality

F Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Adapter

John W. Work [b. 1901]

Arranger

Horace Clarence Boyer [b. 1935]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Refrain First Line

Go tell it on the mountain

Source

Afro-American spiritual [19th cent.]
Afro-American spiritual (19th cent.)

Last Five Uses

• Used on Dec 31, 2023 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 01, 2023 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Dec 23, 2018 10:30 as the Ninth Carol at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 04, 2015 00:00 as the Communion Anthem at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Jan 03, 2010 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Three verses)

While shepherds kept their watching
o'er silent flocks by night,
behold, throughout the heavens
there shone a holy light. (Refrain)

The shepherds feared and trembled
when lo! above the earth
rang out the angel chorus
that hailed our Savior's birth. (Refrain)

Down in a lowly manger
the humble Christ was born,
and God sent us salvation
that blessed Christmas morn. (Refrain)