| Refrain | (Tenors and Bass) Why don't you go… (Choir) Go tell it on the mountain, Over the hills and everywhere (Tenors and Bass) Why don't you go… (Choir) Go tell it on the moun - tain 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-- |
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| Verse 2 | The shepherds feared and trembled, When lo! above the earth Rang out the angel chorus That hailed our Savior's birth-- |
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| Verse 3 | Down in a lowly manger The humble Christ was born, And God sent us salvation That blessed Christmas morn-- |
| Refrain | (Turn-around: "that Jesus Christ is born." twice -- End) |