233. Were you there

1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

3 Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?

4 Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?

5 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?

6 Were you there when he rose up from the dead?
Were you there when he rose up from the dead?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when he rose up from the dead?

Text Information
First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Title: Were you there
Meter: 10 10 14 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Topic: Children and Youth: Good Friday; Church Year: Good Friday; Spirituals
Source: African-American traditional
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: WERE YOU THERE
Arranger: Melva Wilson Costen, 1933-
Meter: 10 10 14 10
Key: E♭ Major
Source: African-American spiritual
Copyright: Arrangement © Melva Wilson Costen, 1990



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