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THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
(As recorded by Merle Haggard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and The Smokey River Boys)

      © 2014/2016 Arranged & Produced By Robert Metzgar
      Lyrics by George Bennard  [Traditional]
      Bluegrass melody by Robert Metzgar (ASCAP)
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      Published by ® Aim High Music/Zomba-BMG Publishing (ASCAP) . Nashville
      © 2014/2016 Robert Metzgar, Arranger of ASCAP SONGS
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      Verse One:

      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....

       The Chorus:

      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 someday for a crown....

      Verse Two:

      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....

      Verse Three:

      In the old rugged cross....stained with blood so divine....
      A wondrous beauty I see........
      For 'twas on that old cross....Jesus suffered and died.....
      To pardon and sanctify me....

      Verse Four:

      To the old rugged cross....I will ever be true....
      Its shame and reproach gladly bear.....
      Then He'll call me someday to a home far away.......
      Where His glory forever I'll share.......

       The Chorus:

      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 someday for a crown....

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      And I will cling to the old rugged cross.......[stop]
      And exchange it someday for a crown........





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