You were tortured

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You were tortured and nailed to the cross

Author: Guillermo Cuéllar; Translator: Bret Hesla; Translator: William Dexheimer-Pharris
Tune: VOS SOS EL DESTAZADO (Cuellar)
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Author: Guillermo Cuéllar

In the mid-1980s, composer Guillermo Cuéllar composed the folk mass La Misa Popular Salvadoreña as a result of a commission from Archbishop Oscar Romero. Romero was assassinated while celebrating mass in El Salvador. Cuéllar himself was forced into exile for ten years due to threats on his life. Sing! A New Creation Go to person page >

Translator: Bret Hesla

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Translator: William Dexheimer-Pharris

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First Line:	You were tortured and nailed to the cross
Title:	You were tortured
Spanish Title:	Vos sos el destazado en la cruz
Author:	Guillermo Cuéllar
Translator:	Bret Hesla
Translator:	William Dexheimer-Pharris
Source:	Misa Popular Salvadoreña
Language:	English; Spanish
Refrain First Line:	Now we beg you, hear, O hear us
Copyright:	© 1988, 1990, GIA Publications, Inc.