Lift Every Voice and Sing II 37
Were You There?
- Tune
- [were you there when they crucified my lord?]
- Composer(s)
- Charles Winfred Douglas (1867-1944)
- Text Source(s)
- Traditional
- Tune Source(s)
- Negro Spiritual
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1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? O! 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? O! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
3 Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb? O! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
4 Were you there when He rose up from the grave? O! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when He rose up from the grave?