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%OHSCRIP Mt 27:55-56, Jn 19:34, Lk 23:44-45, 23:55, Mt 28:1-7
%OHTOPICS {Atonement}, {Contrition}, {Cross}, {Fear of the Lord}, {Gratitude}, {Jesus}, {Miracles [6]}, {Presence}, {Resurrection [6]}, {Sacrifice}, {Testimony}, {Truth}
%OHCATEGORY GOOD FRIDAY
%OHMETRICAL 10 10 14 10
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%OHCOMPOSER African-American
%OHARRANGER Douglas, Charles Winfred (1867-1944)
%OHAUTHOR African-American
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X: 1
T: Were You There?
C: Words: African-American Spiritual, before 1899. 
C: Music: 'Were You There' African-American Spiritual, before 1899.  Setting: attr. Charles Winfred Douglas, 1940.
C: copyright: public domain.  This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2013 Revision.
S: Music source: The Hymnal (Episcopal), 1940 hymn 80 listed without copyright.  Although the setting is usually attributed to Douglas,
S: who as on the 1940 hymnal committee, no credit or copyright is called out in the hymnal as it is onother hymns. 
S: The 1940 copyright on this hymnal was never renewed.
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w: 1.~Were you there when they cru- ci- fied my Lord? Were you 
w: 2.~Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree? Were you 
w: 3.~Were you there when they pierced Him in the side? Were you 
w: 4.~Were you there when the sun re- fused to shine? Were you 
w: 5.~Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb? Were you 
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w: there when they cru- ci- fied my Lord? * * * * 
w: there when they nailed Him to the tree? * * * * 
w: there when they pierced Him in the side? Oh!  * * * 
w: there when the sun re- fused to shine? * * * * 
w: there when they laid Him in the tomb? * * * * 
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w: Some- times it caus- es me to trem- ble, trem- ble, trem- ble. 
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w: Were you there when they cru- ci- fied my Lord?
w: Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
w: Were you there when they pierced Him in the side? 
w: Were you there when the sun re- fused to shine? 
w: Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
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W: 6.Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb?
W: Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb?
W: Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
W: Were you there when God raised Him from the tomb?