[Verse 1] On a hill far away, stood an old rugged Cross The emblem of suff'ring and shame And I love that old Cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain
[Chorus] So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross 'Til my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old rugged Cross And exchange it some day for a crown
[Verse 2] Oh, 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
[Chorus] So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross 'Til my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old rugged Cross And exchange it some day for a crown
[Outro] So I'll cherish the old rugged Cross 'Til 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 'Til my trophies at last I lay down I will cling to the old rugged Cross And exchange it some day for a crown One of these old days And exchange it some day for a crown