GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
“Go Tell It on the Mountain” is an African-American spiritual dating back to at least 1865
that has been sung and recorded by many gospel and secular performers. It is considered
a Christmas carol because its original lyric celebrates the Nativity: “Go tell it on the
mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is
born.”
In 1963, Peter Yarrow, Noel “Paul” Stookey, and Mary Travers, along with their musical
director, Milt Okun, adapted and rewrote “Go Tell It on the Mountain” as “Tell It on the
Mountain”, their lyrics referring specifically to Exodus and employing the line “Let my
people go,” but implicitly referring to the Civil Rights struggle of the early ’60s. The song
was recorded by Yarrow, Stookey and Travers on their Peter, Paul and Mary album “In
the Wind” and was also a moderate hit single for them. Civil rights activist Fannie Lou
Hamer used this rewritten version of the song as an anthem during the mid-1960s.
Go tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and far away
Go tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
The shepherds all were watching
Over their sheep at night
When a guiding star shone from heaven
And the followed that holy light
Got tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
They found a lovely manger
Where the humble Christ was born
And God sent out salvation
On 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
He brought with Him forgiveness
He live to show us the way
He came to redeem all creation
And to wash all our sins away
Go tell it on the mountain
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Peter Paul & Mary ………..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgcL5is_YBA