While shepherds kept their watching
Over silent flocks by night,
Behold throughout the heavens,
There shone a holy light:
Go, tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, tell it on the mountain
That jesus christ is born.

The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo! above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our saviour's birth:
Go, tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, tell it on the mountain
That jesus christ is born.

Down in a lowly manger
Our humble christ was born
And god send us 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.

When i am a seeker,
I seek both night and day;
I seek the lord to help me,
And he shows me the way:
Go, tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, tell it on the mountain
That jesus christ is born.

He made me a watchman
Upon the city wall,
And if i am a christian,
I am the least of all.
Go, tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, tell it on the mountain
That jesus christ is born.