Were You There?
Artist: Quick And The Dead
Album: Hymns For The Apocalypse
Length: 2:23
Genre: Punk Rock
Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) Is An American Spiritual That Was First Printed In 1899. There Are Some Of The More Recent Plantation Hymns Which Have Added An Element Of Culture Without Diminishing Religious Fervor. One Of The Best Of These Is "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?" It Dwells On The Details Of The Crucifixion, And The Separate Stanzas Add Only A Single Line Each To The Song. It Is A Tender And Beautiful Hymn, The Climax Of Its Effect Depending Largely On The Hold And Slur On The Exclamation "Oh!" With Which The Third Line Begins, And The Repetition And Expression Of The Word "Tremble! Tremble! Tremble!" Were You There Was Likely Composed By African-American Slaves In The 19th Century. It Was First Published In William Eleazar Barton's 1899 Old Plantation Hymns. In 1940, It Was Included In The Episcopal Church Hymnal, Making It The First Spiritual To Be Included In Any Major American Hymnal.
Lyrics
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 Nailed Him To The Cross?
Were You There When They Nailed Him To The Cross?
Oh, Sometimes It Causes Me To Tremble, Tremble, Tremble
Were You There When They Nailed Him To The Cross?
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?
I Was Not There, I Was Not Born
I Missed The Quake And The Curtain Torn
I Didn't See The Crown Or Spear
And Mary Watching Through Her Tears
And Nails Driven As He Bled
The Crown Of Thorns Was On His Head
But You And I Was On His Mind
Were You There When The Stone Was Rolled Away?
Were You There When The Stone Was Rolled Away?
Oh, Sometimes It Causes Me To Tremble, Tremble, Tremble
Were You There When The Stone Was Rolled Away?
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