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SDA Hymnal 158

Were You There?

Words: [unclear]Music: [unclear]Tune: [unclear]4/4

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1Were 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?

2Were 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?

3Were 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?

4Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
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?

5Were 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?

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Music
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Tune
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Meter
4/4

The verse

Meter
10.10.14.10
Foot
anapestic (da-da-DUM) · 34% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABA
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Verse 1

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?˘˘//˘/˘/˘/10A
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?˘˘//˘/˘/˘/10A
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble,˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘14B
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?˘˘//˘/˘/˘/10A

Verse 2

Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/10A
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/10A
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble,˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘14B
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/10A

Verse 3

Were you there when they pierced Him in the side?˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/10A
Were you there when they pierced Him in the side?˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/10A
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble,˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘14B
Were you there when they pierced Him in the side?˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/10A

Verse 4

Were you there when the sun refused to shine?˘˘//˘/˘/˘/10A
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?˘˘//˘/˘/˘/10A
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble,˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘14B
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?˘˘//˘/˘/˘/10A

Verse 5

Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/10A
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/10A
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble,˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘14B
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/10A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.