Together in Song ‎#345

345. 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?
O 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?
O 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?
O 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??
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble;
were you there when the sun refused to shine?b?

5 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
O 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 from out the tomb?
were you there when he rose from out the tomb?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble;
were you there when he rose from out the tomb?

Text Information

• First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
• Meter: 10 10.14 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  John 19:16-18
  ;
  John 19:25-30
  ;
  Luke 23:44-56
  ;
  Mark 15:24-41
  ;
  Matthew 27:45-50
  ;
  Matthew 27:51-61
• Topic: Good Friday; Jesus Christ: Passion and Cross; Saints Days and Holy Days: St Mary Magdalene
• Source: Based on an African-American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: WERE YOU THERE
• Arranger: Francis Brotherton Westbrook, 1903-75
• Meter: 10 10.14 10
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: African-American spiritual
• Copyright: Arrangement by permission of Oxford University Press