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176. Were You There (¿Viste tú?)

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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 tomb?
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when God raised him from the tomb?

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1 ¿Viste tú cuando en la cruz murió?
¿Viste tú cuando en la cruz murió?
¡Oh! Hay veces que al pensarlo,
tiemblo, tiemblo, tiemblo.
¿Viste tú cuando en la cruz murió?

2 ¿Viste tú cuando expiró allí?
¿Viste tú cuando expiró allí?
¡Oh! Hay veces que al pensarlo,
tiemblo, tiemblo, tiemblo.
¿Viste tú cuando expiró allí?

3 ¿Viste tú cuando enterrado fue?
¿Viste tú cuando enterrado fue?
¡Oh! Hay veces que al pensarlo,
tiemblo, tiemblo, tiemblo.
¿Viste tú cuando enterrado fue?

4 ¿Viste tú cuando él resucitó?
¿Viste tú cuando él resucitó?
¡Oh! Hay veces que al pensarlo,
tiemblo, tiemblo, tiemblo.
¿Viste tú cuando él resucitó?

Text Information
First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (¿Viste tú cuando en al cruz murío?)
Title: Were You There (¿Viste tú?)
Translator: Arnoldo Canclini, 1926-2014
Refrain First Line: Oh, sometimes it cause me to tremble (¡Oh! Hay veces que al pensarlo)
Meter: 10 10 with refrain
Language: English; Spanish
Publication Date: 2019
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Año Cristiano: Viernes Santo; Christian Year: Good Friday; Jesucristo: Cruz y Crucifixión (3 more...)
Source: African American spiritual
Tune Information
Name: WERE YOU THERE
Harmonizer: Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942
Meter: 10 10 with refrain
Key: E♭ Major
Source: African American spiritual
Copyright: Harm. © 1987, GIA Publications, Inc.



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