Merle Haggard

Old Rugged Cross

Merle Haggard


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 word of lost sinners were slain

I will 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