BarbWyant4

      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 THE 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 THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS,...
           AND EXCHANGE IT SOMEDAY FOR A CROWN.

    O THE 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 THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS,...
           AND EXCHANGE IT SOMEDAY FOR A CROWN.

IN THE OLD RUGGED CROSS, STAINED WITH BLOOD SO DIVINE,
                A WONDROUS BEAUTY I SEE;
   FOR 'TWAS THAT OLD CROSS JESUS SUFFERED AND DIED
               TO PARDON AND SANCTIFY ME.

         SO I'LL CHERISH THE OLD RUGGED CROSS,....
           TILL MY TROPHIES AT LAST I LAY DOWN.
         I WILL CLING TO THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS,...
           AND EXCHANGE IT SOMEDAY 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 SOMEDAY TO MY HOME FAR AWAY,
           WHERE HIS GLORY FOREVER I'LL SHARE.

         SO I'LL CHERISH THE OLD RUGGED CROSS,....
           TILL MY TROPHIES AT LAST I LAY DOWN.
         I WILL CLING TO THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS,...
           AND EXCHANGE IT SOMEDAY FOR A CROWN.

                            --GEORGE BENNARD