The Book of Praise ‎#233

233. Were you there

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?

6 Were you there when he rose up from the dead?
Were you there when he rose up from the dead?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when he rose up from the dead?

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: 1997
• Topic: Children and Youth: Good Friday; Church Year: Good Friday; Spirituals
• Source: African-American traditional
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WERE YOU THERE
• Arranger: Melva Wilson Costen, 1933-
• Meter: 10 10 14 10
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: African-American spiritual
• Copyright: Arrangement © Melva Wilson Costen, 1990