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 THE WORLD
OF LOST SINNERS
WAS SLAIN
SO I CHERISH
THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
'TIL MY TROPHIES
AT LAST I LAY DOWN
I WILL CLING
TO THE OLD
RUGGED CROSS
AND EXCHANGE IT
SOMEDAY
FOR A CROWN
OH THAT OLD
RUGGED CROSS
SO DESPISED
BY THE WORLD
HAS A WONDROUS
ATTRACTION
FOR ME
FOR THE DEAR LAMB
OF GOD
LEFT HIS GLORY ABOVE
TO BEAR IT
TO DARK CALVARY
SO I CHERISH
THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
'TIL MY TROPHIES
AT LAST I LAY DOWN
I WILL CLING TO
THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
AND EXCHANGE IT
SOMEDAY
FOR A CROWN
SO I CHERISH
THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
'TIL MY TROPHIES
AT LAST I LAY DOWN
I WILL CLING
TO THE OLD
RUGGED CROSS
AND EXCHANGE IT
SOMEDAY
FOR A CROWN