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#172 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Tune
Were You There
Metric Index
Irr.
Key & Modality
E Major
Last five uses
April 7th, 2023 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Hymn
April 15th, 2022 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Response to Anthems
April 14th, 2017 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Response to Anthems
March 25th, 2016 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Response to Anthems
April 3rd, 2015 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Response to Anthems
Poem Words (four verses)
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?
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?
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 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?
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?
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 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?
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?
Hymn References
Harmonizer
Charles Winfred Douglas 1867-1944
Publication Date
1985
Source
Afro-American spiritual
Source
Afro-American spiritual
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#353 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (E♭ Major ) [click to view]#92 in Lutheran Book of Worship / Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (E♭ Major ) [click to view]
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