288. Were You There

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1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord?(were you there)
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (were you there)
Oh! sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (were you there)

2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? (were you there)
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? (were you there)
Oh! sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? (were you there)

3 Were you there when they pierced him in the side? (were you there)
Were you there when they pierced him in the side? (were you there)
Oh! sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they pierced him in the side? (were you there)

4 Were you there when the sun refused to shine? (were you there)
Were you there when the sun refused to shine? ((were you there)
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when the sun refused to shine? (were you there)

5 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? (were you there)
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? (were you there)
Oh! sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? (were you there)

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
Meter: Irr.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1989
Topic: Christ's Gracious Life: Passion and Death; Christian Year: Lent; Christian Year: Holy Week (2 more...)
Source: Afro-American spiritual
Tune Information
Name: WERE YOU THERE
Adapter and Arranger: William Farley Smith (1986)
Meter: Irr.
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Afro-American spiritual
Copyright: Adapt. and arr. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House



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