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Text:Were You There
Tune:WERE YOU THERE
Arranger:William Farley Smith, b. 1941

81. 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 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 the sun refused to shine?
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Oh! sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?

5 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?
Title: Were You There
Refrain First Line: Oh! sometimes it causes me to tremble
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Topic: Holy Week, The Three Days; Suffering
Source: African American spiritual
Tune Information
Name: WERE YOU THERE
Arranger: William Farley Smith, b. 1941
Key: E♭ Major
Source: African American spiritual
Copyright: Arr. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House, admin. The Copyright Company



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