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While shepherds kept their watching

by American Negro Spiritual · by John W. Work (1901–1967)

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 121.

Refrain

Go, tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere: Go, tell it on the mountain That Jesus Christ is born!

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

The shepherds feared and trembled When lo! Above the earth Rang out the angel chorus That hailed our Savior’s birth.

Verse 3

Down in a lowly manger The humble Christ was born, And brought us God’s salvation That blessed Christmas morn.

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