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Misheard Lyrics -> Song -> G -> Go Tell It On The Mountain
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Traditional's, "Go Tell It On The Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Down in a lonely manger
The humbug Christ was born.
The humbug Christ was born.
Original Lyrics:
Down in a lowly manger
The humble Christ was born.
The humble Christ was born.
Traditional's, "Go Tell It On The Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go tally on the mountain
Original Lyrics:
Go tell it on the mountain
Traditional's, "Go Tell It On The Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gold jelly on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Over the hills and everywhere
Original Lyrics:
Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Over the hills and everywhere
The song is an Afro-American spiritual first seen in print during the US Civil War era (mid 19th century).
Traditional's, "Go Tell It On The Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
No telling on the mountain.
Original Lyrics:
Go tell it on the mountain.
Traditional's, "Go Tell It On the Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go teller on the mountain
That cheeses rise is porn
That cheeses rise is porn
Original Lyrics:
Go tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
That Jesus Christ is born
Traditional's, "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go telly on the mountain
Original Lyrics:
Go tell it on the mountain.
Traditional's, "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh cherry on the mountain
Original Lyrics:
Go tell it on the mountain
Traditional's, "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, telling on the man
Original Lyrics:
Go tell it on the mountain
Traditional's, "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
That Jesus Christ is gone
Original Lyrics:
That Jesus Christ is born
Traditional's, "Go Tell it On the Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics:
That Reese's cups is born
Original Lyrics:
That Jesus Christ is born
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