Text:Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Tune:WERE YOU THERE
Arranger:Charles Winfred Douglas (1867-1944)

403. Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

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 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?

4 Were you there when God raised him from the dead?
Were you there when God raised him from the dead?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when God raised him from the dead?

Text Information
First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 2005
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Life in Christ: Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Jesus: cross; Jesus: Resurrection
Source: African-American spiritual
Tune Information
Name: WERE YOU THERE
Arranger: Charles Winfred Douglas (1867-1944)
Meter: Irregular
Key: E♭ Major
Source: African-American spiritual



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