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The Old Rugged Cross
Jo Stafford

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.

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 some day for a crown.

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.

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 some day for a crown.

In that 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.

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 some day for a crown.

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

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 some day for a crown.


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  A Foggy Day   A Foggy Dayu   A Little Bit Independent   All the Things You Are   All The Things You Are [Orchestral Closing Theme]   All The Things You Are [Orchestral Introduction]   Almost Like Being in Love [From Brigadoon]   Always True to You in My Fashion   Am I Blue   Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home   Anything Goes   Autumn in New York   Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes)   Barbara Allen   Begin the Beguine   Bells Are Ringing   Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered   Blue Moon   Blue Skies   Bluebird of Happiness   Blues in the Night   By the Fireside   Candy   Carry Me Back to Old Virginny   Casey Jones   Christmas Blues   Christmas Is for Children   Come Rain or Come Shine   Conversation While Dancing   Dancing in the Dark   Dancing on the Ceiling   Day by Day   Dearie   Dream a Little Dream of Me   Early Autumn   Easy Come, Easy Go   Embraceable You   Embraceable You [From Girl Crazy]   Falling in Love Again   Fools Rush In   Gesu Bambino [*]   Goodnight Irene   Hambone   Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe   Hawaiian War Chant   How High the Moon   How Sweet You Are   I Am Woman   I Cover the Waterfront   I Cried for You   I Fall in Love Too Easily   I Only Have Eyes for You   I Remember You   I See Your Face Before Me   If I Loved You   If I Loved You [From Carousel]   If I Were a Bell   In the Still of the Night   It Could Happen to You   It Happened in Sun Valley   It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)   It's Great To Be Alive   Jingle Bells   Kansas City Blues   Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!   Little Drummer Boy   Long Ago (And Far Away)   Long Ago (And Far Away) [2001 Digital Remaster]   Long Ago (And Far Away) [From Cover Girl]   Long Ago and Far Away   Love Is Here to Stay   Lover Man   Make Love to Me   My One and Only Highland Fling   My Romance   No Other Love   O Little Town of Bethlehem   Old Devil Moon   On London Bridge   On the Sunny Side of the Street   Out of This World   Over the Rainbow   Over the Rainbow [From The Wizard of Oz]   Pagan Love Song   Pagan Love Song [From the Pagan]   Personality   Ragtime Cowboy Joe   San Antonio Rose   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town   Scarlet Ribbons   Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)   September Song   Serenade of the Bells   Shrimp Boats   Shrimp Boats [Excerpt]   Silent Night   Sleigh Ride   Smoke Gets in Your Eyes   Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [From Roberta]   Some Enchanted Evening   Some Enchanted Evening [From South Pacific]   Something to Remember You By   Somewhere My Love   Speak Low   Spring Is Here   St. Louis Blues   Stardust   Taking a Chance on Love   Teach Me Tonight   Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)   Temptation [Tim-Tayshun]   The Best Things in Life Are Free   The Boy Next Door   The Christmas Blues   The Christmas Song   The Folks Who Live on the Hill   The Gentleman Is a Dope   The Good Times Are Over   The Hawaiian War Chant   The Nearness of You   The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)   The Pagan Love Song   The Things We Did Last Summer   The Trolley Song   Them There Eyes   Things We Did Last Summer   Till We Meet Again   Too Marvelous for Words   Tumbling Tumbleweeds   When I Grow Too Old to Dream   Whiffenpoof Song   Yes Indeed   You Belong to Me

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