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 Ill cherish the old rugged cross Till my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old rugged cross And exchange it some day for a crown ♪ O 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 Ill cherish the old rugged cross Till my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old rugged cross And exchange it some day for a crown ♪ So Ill cherish the old rugged cross Till my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old rugged cross And exchange it some day for a crown