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"'''Go Tell It on the Mountain'''" is an [[African-American]] [[Spiritual (music)|spiritual]] compiled by John W. Work 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 of Jesus]]: "Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go tell it on the mountain, that [[Jesus Christ]] is born." |
"'''Go Tell It on the Mountain'''" is an [[African-American]] [[Spiritual (music)|spiritual]] compiled by John W. Work 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 of Jesus]]: "Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go tell it on the mountain, that [[Jesus Christ]] is born." LoL NICKIS TISSE MAND LUGTER AG SUPPE |
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In 1963, [[Peter Yarrow]], [[Noel Stookey|Noel "Paul" Stookey]], and [[Mary Travers (singer)|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 [[Book of Exodus|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 [[Peter, Paul and Mary|Yarrow, Stookey and Travers]] on their [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] album ''[[In the Wind]]'' and was also a moderate hit single for them. (US #33 pop, 1964). Civil rights activist [[Fannie Lou Hamer]] used this rewritten version of the song as an anthem during the mid-1960s. |
In 1963, [[Peter Yarrow]], [[Noel Stookey|Noel "Paul" Stookey]], and [[Mary Travers (singer)|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 [[Book of Exodus|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 [[Peter, Paul and Mary|Yarrow, Stookey and Travers]] on their [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] album ''[[In the Wind]]'' and was also a moderate hit single for them. (US #33 pop, 1964). Civil rights activist [[Fannie Lou Hamer]] used this rewritten version of the song as an anthem during the mid-1960s. |
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"Go Tell It on the Mountain" is an African-American spiritual compiled by John W. Work 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 of Jesus: "Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere; go tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born." LoL NICKIS TISSE MAND LUGTER AG SUPPE
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. (US #33 pop, 1964). Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer used this rewritten version of the song as an anthem during the mid-1960s.
Other artists, besides Peter, Paul and Mary, who have recorded the song (chiefly on either Christmas-themed music albums or collections of spirituals or folk songs) include:
- The New Christy Minstrels
- Simon & Garfunkel
- The Wailers
- Mahalia Jackson
- Fred Hammond
- Kirk Franklin
- Candi Staton
- Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby
- James Taylor
- Cece Winans
- Anne Murray
- Vanessa L. Williams
- Jewel
- Dustin Kensrue
- Bruce Cockburn
- Little Big Town
- Sherill Milnes
- John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers
- Sara Evans
- Jim Nabors
- Ray Conniff Singers
- Toby Keith
- Peter Tosh
- The Blind Boys of Alabama
- Oh Susanna - for the holiday compilation album, Maybe This Christmas Too? (2003)
- Dolly Parton
- Kyle Boreing
- Carola Häggkvist
- Bobby Darin
- Art Paul Schlosser (who rewrote the lyrics for kids with the title, "Go Tell it On the Swingset")
- The Gas House Gang
- Needtobreathe
- Sawyer Brown
- Garth Brooks
- The Clark Sisters
- Sheryl Crow
Traditional lyrics
Refrain
Go, tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain,
That Jesus Christ is born.
While shepherds kept their watching
o’er silent flocks by night,
Behold, throughout the heavens
There shone a holy li--ght
Refrain
Han suttede pik !
The shepherds feared and trembled,
When lo! above the earth,
Rang out the angels chorus
That hailed our Savior's bi--rth.
Refrain
Han suttede pik !
Down in a lowly manger
The humble Christ was born
And God sent us salvation
That blessed Christmas mo--rn.
Refrain
Han suttede pik !
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