Lyr. Add: GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Ballanta-Taylor

1
When I was a seeker,
I sought both night an' day
I ask' de Lord to help me,
An' He show me de way.
Chorus-
Go tell it on de mountain,
Ober de hills an' eberywhere,
Go tell it on the mountain
Dat Jedus Chris' is a-born.
2
He choose me for a watchman,
And placed me on the wall,
An' if I am a christian,
I am de least ob all.
3
In de time of David,
Some call' him a king,
And if a chil' is true born,
Maussuh Jedus will hear him sing.

p. 90, Nicholas George Julius Ballanta-(Taylor), 1925, "Saint Helena Island Spirituals," Press of G. Schirmer, Inc.

Referenced in the book to "Religious Folksong of the Negro Page 174," but the version in my copy of that book (1972 AMS Reprint, ed. R. N. Dett) lacks the 3rd verse and the dialect is different.
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The version II in the DT has three old floaters which have appeared in several songs, appearing long before the Civil Rights movement. They lack the political references of the verses in the post by Joe Offer. Don't know when it was joined with "Let My People Go" from "Go down, Moses."
Joe might know.