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Artist: Merle Haggard
Canonical path: /merle-haggard/old-rugged-cross
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Old Rugged Cross
Read Old Rugged Cross lyrics by Merle Haggard on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Old Rugged Cross
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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
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Merle Haggard performs "Old Rugged Cross", and this lyric page sits inside the Merle Haggard catalog on LyroVerse.
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