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 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 I'll 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 I'll 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 ♪ I will cling to the old rugged cross ♪ And exchange it some day for a crown