The Old Rugged Cross Songtext
von Johnny Cash with Jessi Colter

On 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
'Til my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown

Oh, 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
'Til my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown