Ein afro-amerikansches Spiritual, vor allem für ältere Kinder mit Englischkenntnissen eine interessante Alternative zu den bekannten, traditionellen deutschsprachigen Weihnachtsliedern [mehr…]
Komponist: Afro-amerikanisches Spiritual
Text: John Wesley Work, Jr. (1872-1925)
Text von Go, tell it on the mountain
Refrain:
Go, tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain,
That Jesus Christ is born.
1.
While shepherds kept their watching
Over silent flocks by night
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light.
Refrain
2.
The shepherds feared and trembled,
When lo! above the earth,
Rang out the angels chorus
That hailed the Savior’s birth.
Refrain
3.
Down in a lowly manger
The humble Christ was born
And God sent us salvation
That blessed Christmas morn.
Refrain
1953 dichtete James Baldwin die folgenden, bis heute bekannteren, Strophen zu der Melodie:
Refrain:
Go, tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain,
That Jesus Christ is born.
1.
When I was a seeker
I thought both night and day,
I asked the Lord to help me,
And he taught me to pray.
Refrain
2.
When I was a sinner,
I prayed both noght and day,
I asked my Lord to help me,
And He showed me the way.
Refrain
3.
He made me a watxhman
Upon the citxy wall,
And if I am a Christian,
I am the least of all.
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