The Way of the Cross

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Were you there when the judge condemned my Lord?

Author: James E. Wilbur
Tune: WERE YOU THERE
Published in 1 hymnal

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Author: James E. Wilbur

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First Line:	Were you there when the judge condemned my Lord?
Title:	The Way of the Cross
Author:	James E. Wilbur
Meter:	Irregular
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1984, World Library Publications

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WERE YOU THERE

The congregation could sing the entire spiritual, but the tune has a call-and-response structure; try singing unaccompanied with a soloist asking the initial questions in each stanza and the congregation joining in at "Oh, sometimes." The soloist could take significant liberty with the melody and rh…

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