Voices Together ‎#329

329. 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?

3 Were you there when the sun refused to shine?

4 Were you there when they pierced him in the side?

5 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?

6 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: Irregular
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Matthew 27:32-28:10
  ;
  Mark 15:22-16:8
  ;
  Luke 23:32-24:12
  ;
  John 19:16-20:18
• Topic: Heritage: African American; Jesus Christ: Resurrection of
• Source: African American spiritual (USA), Journal of American Folklore, April–June 1897

Tune Information

• Name: WERE YOU THERE
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: F Major
• Source: African American spiritual, Old Plantation Hymns, 1899