Hymns

Were You There

Words: Fisk Jubilee Singers · Music: Fisk Jubilee Singers · 1892

Verse 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?

Verse 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?

Verse 3
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?

Verse 4
Were you there when he rose up from the grave?
Were you there when he rose up from the grave?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when he rose up from the grave?

Words: Spiritual, Fisk Jubilee Singers et al., 1892–1901 | Music: Fisk Jubilee Singers, 1892, rev. 1902

Mark 15; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 19; Acts 13; Galatians 3; 1 Peter 2

Jesus, Death of · Jesus, Resurrection of · Jesus, Suffering of