While shepherds kept their watching Over silent flocks by night, Behold throughout the heavens, There shone a holy light 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 Jesus christ is born When I am a seeker, I seek both night and day; I ask the lord to help me, And he shows me the way 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 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 Jesus christ Go, tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere; Go, tell it on the mountain Jesus christ is born