Listen to The Old Rugged Cross by Ella Fitzgerald

The Old Rugged Cross

Ella Fitzgerald

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Performer

Ralph Carmichael and His Orchestra

Ralph Carmichael and His Orchestra

Orchestra

Grace Price

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Brad Paisley

Songwriter

Grace Price

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Dave Dexter, Jr.

Dave Dexter, Jr.

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

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 3]

Oh, that old rugged cross

So despised by the world

Had a wondrous attraction for me

For that dear Lamb of God

Left His glory above

To bear it to dark Calvary

[Verse 4]

(So I'll cherish the old rugged cross)

The old rugged cross

(Till my trophies at last I lay down)

I'll lay down

I will cling to the old rugged cross

And exchange it someday for a crown

[Verse 5]

To the old rugged cross

I will ever be true

It's shame and reproach gladly beared

Then he'll call me someday

To my home far away

Where His glory forever I'll share

[Verse 6]

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

(For a crown)

Written by: Charles H. Gabriel, George Bennard

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