Church Hymnary (4th ed.) ‎#403

403. Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

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 dead?
Were you there when God raised him from the dead?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when God raised him from the dead?

Text Information

• First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2005
• Scripture:
  Acts 2:32
  ;
  John 19:18
  ;
  John 19:41
  ;
  John 20:1-18
  ;
  Luke 23:33
  ;
  Luke 23:53
  ;
  Luke 24:1-10
  ;
  Mark 15:24
  ;
  Mark 15:46
  ;
  Mark 16:1-8
  ;
  Matthew 27:35
  ;
  Matthew 27:60
  ;
  Matthew 28:2-6
• Topic: Life in Christ: Christ Incarnate - Passion and Death; Jesus: cross; Jesus: Resurrection
• Source: African-American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: WERE YOU THERE
• Arranger: Charles Winfred Douglas (1867-1944)
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: African-American spiritual