Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#200

200. Were You There?

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: 1998
• Scripture:
  John 19:16-18
  ;
  John 19:40-42
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Suffering and Death
• Source: African-American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: WERE YOU THERE
• Meter: 10 10.14 10
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: African-American spiritual

Text Information:

First printed in 1899 in William E. Barton's Old Plantation Hymns, this spiritual did not appear in a major denominational hymnal until 1940 (Protestant Episcopal Church)