"Go Tell It on the Mountain"
(American Folk Hymn)
(Words by John W. Work II)
A "bluegrass style" arrangement for chorus (SATB), piano, banjo, and percussion

"Let them shout from the mountaintops. Let them give glory to the Lord."
Isaiah 42:11-12




AUDIO SAMPLE (MIDI)

VERSE 1

While shepherds kept their watching
O'er silent flocks by night,
Behold throughout the heavens,
There shone a holy light.

REFRAIN

Go tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and eve'ry where.
Go tell it on the mountain
(Clap)(clap) Christ is born!

VERSE 2

The shepherd fear'd and trembled,
When lo, above the earth,
Rang out the angel chorus,
That hailed our Saviour's birth.

REFRAIN

Go tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and eve'ry where.
Go tell it on the mountain
(Clap)(clap) Christ is born!

VERSE 3: Men and Women sing antiphonally

(women)Down in a lowly manger,
(men)Down in a lowly manger,
(women)The humble Christ was born,
(men)The humble Christ was born,
(women)And God sent us salvation
(men)And God sent us salvation
(women)That blessed Christmas morn.
(men)That blessed Christmas morn.

REFRAIN

Go tell it on the mountain,
(Clap)(clap) Christ is born!





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