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.