Common Praise ‎#126

126. 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?

Text Information

• First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  Acts 5:30
  ;
  Isaiah 66:2
  ;
  John 19:18
  ;
  John 19:38-42
  ;
  Mark 15:24
  ;
  Matthew 27:59-60
• Topic: Passiontide and Holy Week; Lent V: Year B
• Source: American Folk Hymn

Tune Information

• Name: WERE YOU THERE
• Arranger: Francis B. Westbrook, 1903-1975
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: American folk hymn
• Copyright: Arrangement © Oxford University Press