While shepards kept their watching
o'er silent flocks by night,
behond, throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light.
Shone a holy light.

The shepards feared and trembled
when lo, above the earth
rang out the angel chorus
that hailed our Saviour's birth!

[Chorus:]
Go, tell it on the mountain,
over the hills and everywhere.
Go, tell it on the mountain
that Jesus Christ is born.

Down in a lonely manger
the humble Christ was born,
and God sent our salvation
that blessed Christmas morn.
[chorus]