Cantate Domino ‎#26

26. Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

ENGLISH -
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?
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1960
• Topic: Jesus Christ; Jesus-Christ; Jesus Christus; Lent; Fastenzeit; Carême; Penitence; Reue; Humiliation, repentance

Tune Information

• Name: [Were you there when they crucified my Lord]
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: American Negro Folk Song
• Copyright: Published with the kind permission of the Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia