Artist: Dorothy Maynor
Author: John W. Work
Label: RCA
Year: 1942
Christmas spiritual written at the end of the Civil War (1865). See also: Rise Up Shepherd And Follow.
Covers:
Kingston Trio [as Tell It On The Mountain]
Peter, Paul & Mary [idem; hit US; holding some Civil Rights Movement adaptations in the lyrics]
New Christy Minstrels [idem]
Marie LaforĂȘt [as Viens sur la montagne; hit Fr]
Georges Chatelain [as Va dire Ă tout le monde]
Peter Tosh [with Bob Marley]
Also by Candi Staton, Frank Sinatra & Bing Crosby, James Taylor, Jewel, Bruce Cockburn, Toby Keith, Dolly Parton and Bobby Darin.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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