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1. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
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the emblem of suffering and shame,
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and I love that old cross where the dearest and best
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for a world of lost sinners was slain.
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So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
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till my trophies at last I lay down.
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I will cling to the old rugged cross,
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and exchange it some day for a crown.
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2. O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
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has a wondrous attraction for me,
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for the dear Lamb of God left His glory above,
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to bear it to dark Calvary .
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So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
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till my trophies at last I lay down.
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I will cling to the old rugged cross,
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and exchange it some day for a cro…wn.
(capo 3rd) (Patsy Cline)
