Were You There is an American spiritual hymn that is traditionally sung on Good Friday.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? (Were you there?)
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble! tremble! tremble!
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they nail'd him to the cross? (Were you there?)
Were you there when they nail'd him to the cross?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble! tremble! tremble!
Were you there when they nail'd him to the cross?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side? (Were you there?)
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble! tremble! tremble!
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Were you there when the sun refused to shine? (Were you there?)
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
O sometimes it causes me to tremble! tremble! tremble!
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Charles Callahan is a well known American composer whose claim-to-fame is his numerous settings on hymn tunes and accompaniments. This prelude was from his publication "The Art of Hymn Playing".
This was recorded using the Aeolian-Skinner, opus 1301, virtual organ model (Sonus Paradisi) with the Hauptwerk VPO software.
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