(Traditional, adapted by J. Halloran)

[Recorded June 16, 1964, Los Angeles]



When I was a leaner

I sought truth night and day.

I asked our Lord to help me

And he showed me the way.

Go, tell it on the mountain,

Over the hills and everywhere.

Go, tell it on the mountain:

that Jesus Christ is born

He made me a watchman

Upon the city wall,

and if I am a christian,

I am the least of all

Go, tell ...