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| Tune: | [Were You There] |
| Arranger: | Willa A. Townsend |
18e. Were You There
1. Where you there when thy crucified my Lord?
Where you there when thy crucified my Lord?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Where you there when thy crucified my Lord?
2. Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Where you there when thy crucified my Lord?
3. Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
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?
4. Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
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?
5. Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
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?
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Were you there when they crucified my Lord? |
| Title: | Were You There |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Lent; Holy Week: Friday |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | [Were You There] |
| Arranger: | Willa A. Townsend (1927) |
| Incipit: | 51333 21321 |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
| Notes: | Spiritual, first printed in The Story of the Jubilee Singers, with Supplement (1892), arr. by Willa A. Townsend in Spirituals Triumphant Old and New (1927), alt. |
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