The Old Rugged Cross

Loretta Lynn



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.



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Oh, that old rugged cross so despised by the world

Is a wonderous attraction for me

For the dear lamb of God left this glory above

To bare 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...