Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful.
Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.
Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
| 143 | Voices United#144 | 145 |
| Text: | Were You There |
| Tune: | WERE YOU THERE |
| Arranger: | Melva Wilson Costen |
1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (Were you there?)
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? (Were you there?)
2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? (Were you there?)
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? (Were you there?)
3 Were you there when the sun refused to shine? (Were you there?)
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? (Were you there?)
4 Were you there when they pierced him in the side? (Were you there?)
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? (Were you there?)
5 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? (Were you there?)
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? (Were you there?)
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Were you there when they crucified my Lord? |
| Title: | Were You There |
| Meter: | Irregular |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Topic: | Choruses and Refrains; Concern; Jesus Christ: Cross (10 more...) |
| Source: | African-American spiritual |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | WERE YOU THERE |
| Arranger: | Melva Wilson Costen (1987) |
| Meter: | Irregular |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Source: | African-American spiritual |
| Copyright: | Arrangement copyright © 1990 Melva Wilson Costen |
My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files