[Verse 1]
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While shepherds kept their watching o'er silent flocks by night,
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Behold throughout the heavens there shone a Holy Light.
[Chorus]
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Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere;
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Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born.
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[Verse 2]
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The shepherds feared and trembled when lo! Above the earth,
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Rang out the angel's chorus that hailed our Savior's birth.
[Chorus]
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Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere;
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Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born.
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[Verse 3]
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Down in a lowly manger our humble Christ was born
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And God sent us salvation that blessed Christmas morn!
[Chorus]
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Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere;
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Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born.
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[Chorus]
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Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere;
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Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born.
[Chorus]
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Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere;
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Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born.
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That Jesus Christ is born
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