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Text:Were You There
Tune:WERE YOU THERE

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: ; ; ;
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



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