While shepards kept their watching 
o'er silent flocks by night, 
behold, throughout the heavens 
There shone a holy light, shone a holy light.

The shepards feared and trembled 
when lo, above the earth 
rang out the angel's chorus 
that hailed our Saviour's birth! 

[Chorus:] 
Go, tell it on the mountain, 
over the hills and everywhere. 
Go, tell it on the mountain 
that Jesus Christ is born, today, today. 

Down in a lonely manger 
the humble Christ was born, 
and God sent our salvation 
that blessed Christmas morn. 

Go, tell it on the mountain, 
over the hills and everywhere. 
Go, tell it on the mountain 
that Jesus Christ is born.

Go, tell it on the mountain, 
over the hills and everywhere. 
Go, tell it on the mountain 
that Jesus Christ is born, Halleluah!