“Go Tell It on the Mountain” is one of the most well-known and beloved Negro spirituals and represents just one of the countless contributions made to American music by enslaved people. These songs represented a passion for life and living despite the suffering, humiliation, and unimaginable cruelty of slavery. Because […]
John Wesley Work Jr.
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Go tell it on the mountain,Over the hills, and ev’rywhere;Go, tell it on the mountainThat Jesus Christ is born. While shepherds kept their watchingO’er silent flocks by night,Behold, throughout the heavensThere shone a holy light. Go tell it on the mountain,Over the hills, and ev’rywhere;Go, tell it on the mountainThat […]