345. 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?
O 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?
O 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?
O 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??
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble;
were you there when the sun refused to shine?b?

5 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
O 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 from out the tomb?
were you there when he rose from out the tomb?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble;
were you there when he rose from out the tomb?

Text Information
First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Meter: 10 10.14 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Good Friday; Jesus Christ: Passion and Cross; Saints Days and Holy Days: St Mary Magdalene
Source: Based on an African-American spiritual
Tune Information
Name: WERE YOU THERE
Arranger: Francis Brotherton Westbrook, 1903-75
Meter: 10 10.14 10
Key: E♭ Major
Source: African-American spiritual
Copyright: Arrangement by permission of Oxford University Press



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