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416. Were You There

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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 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?

5 Werer you there when they rolled the stone away?
Were you there when they rolled the stone away?
Oh, Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble,
Were you there when they rolled the stone away?

Text Information

• First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord
• Title: Were You There
• Meter: 10 10 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1994
• Scripture:
  Matthew 27:35
  ;
  Mark 15:25-33
  ;
  Mark 16:3
  ;
  Luke 23:33-44
  ;
  John 20:1
• Source: African-American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: WERE YOU THERE
• Harmonizer: Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942
• Meter: 10 10 with refrain
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: African-American spiritual
• Copyright: Harmonization © 1987, GIA Publications, Inc.