Songs for Life ‎#167

167. Were You There

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 tomb?
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb?

Text Information

• First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord
• Title: Were You There
• Meter: 10 10 14 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Topic: Singing God's Story: Lent / Suffering and Death of Christ; African-American
• Source: African-American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: WERE YOU THERE
• Meter: 10 10 14 10
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: African-American spiritual