Text: | Were You There? |
Tune: | WERE YOU THERE |
Arranger: | Joyce Finch Johnson |
1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (Were you there?)
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (Were you there?)
2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? (Were you there?)
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? (Were you there?)
3 Were you there when God wept at Mary's cry? (Were you there?)
Were you there when God wept at Mary's cry?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when God wept at Mary's cry? (Were you there?)
4 Were you there when Christ rose up from the tomb? (Were you there?)
Were you there when Christ rose up from the tomb?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when Christ rose up from the tomb? (Were you there?)
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Were you there when they crucified my Lord? |
Title: | Were You There? |
Meter: | Irr. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Good Friday; Holy Week; Year A: Good Friday(8 more...) |
Source: | African-American spiritual |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WERE YOU THERE |
Arranger: | Joyce Finch Johnson (1992) |
Meter: | Irr. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | African-American spiritual |
Copyright: | Arrangement © 1992 The Pilgrim Press |