ON A HILL
FAR AWAY
STOOD AN OLD
RUGGED CROSS
THE EMBLEM
OF SUFFERING
AND SHAME
AND I LOVE
THAT OLD CROSS
WHERE THE DEAREST
AND BEST
FOR A WORLD
OF LOST SINNERS
WAS SLAIN
SO I'LL CHERISH
THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
'TIL MY TROPHIES
AT LAST I LAY DOWN
I WILL CLING
TO THE OLD
RUGGED CROSS
AND EXCHANGE IT
SOME DAY
FOR A CROWN
TO THE OLD
RUGGED CROSS
I WILL EVER BE TRUE
IT'S SHAME
AND REPROACH
GLADLY BEAR
THEN HE'LL CALL ME
SOME DAY
TO MY HOME
FAR AWAY
WHERE HIS GLORY
FOREVER
I'LL SHARE
AND I'LL CHERISH
THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
'TIL MY TROPHIES
AT LAST I LAY DOWN
I WILL CLING
TO THE OLD
RUGGED CROSS
AND EXCHANGE IT
SOME DAY
FOR A CROWN
YEAH I WILL CLING
TO THE OLD
RUGGED CROSS
AND EXCHANGE IT
SOME DAY
FOR A CROWN
