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Thread #97273 Message #1913253
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
18-Dec-06 - 10:27 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Were You There (spiritual)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Were You There (spiritual)
Nineteenth Century collection:
Lyr. Add: WUZ YO DAR WHEN DEY CRUCIFIED DE LORD?
Wuz yo dar when dey crucified de Lord?
Wuz yo dar when dey crucified de Lord?
O sometimes it causes me to
Tremble, tremble, tremble,
Wuz yo dar when dey crucified de Lord?
Wuz yo dar when dey nailed him to de cross? (2x)
O sometimes etc.
Wuz yo dar when de blood cum trickling down?
etc.
Wuz yo dar when dey laid him in de tomb?
etc.
Wuz yo dar when dey rolled de stone away?
etc.
Wuz yo dar when he wore de starry crown?
etc.
Collected by Mrs. E. M. Backus, Columbia Co., Georgia.
JAFL, 1897, Vol. 10, No. 37, p. 116.