Were you there?

Notes on selected settings

• Traditional SATB
• Andrew Wilshere SATB (vv. 1,2,4)
• J. G. Stalnaker SATB (vv. 1,2,4)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Crys Armbrust — Were you there?  English SATB
• Karol Jaworski — Were you there?  English SATB
• J. G. Stalnaker — Were you there  English SATB
• Traditional — Were you there?  English SATB
• Andrew Wilshere — Three Spirituals  English SATB

Texts and Translations

English text 1  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? 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? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they pierced him in the side?

4  Were you there when the sun refused to shine? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when the sun refused to shine? 5  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? 6  Were you there when they raised him from the tomb? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they raised him from the tomb?