I
ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY OUR BLESSED SAVIOR DIED
GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM LOSS
IN HIS PAIN AND AGONY FOR EV'RY SIN TO HIDE
SHED THE BLOOD THAT STAINED THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
II
TO THE CROSS THE RUGGED CROSS THEY NAILED HIS PRECIOUS HANDS
AND IN DEATH HE FULLY PAID THE COST
THERE IS PARDON IN HIS LOVE FOR EV'RY ONE THAT STANDS
FOR THE BLOOD THAT STAINED THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
III
WHAT AN AWFUL DEATH HE DIED TO PARDON YOU AND ME
ALL ALONE IN THE AGONY HE TOSSED
AND A WORLD ONCE LOST IN SIN CAN NOW BE WHOLLY FREE
BY THE BLOOD THAT STAINED THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
CHORUS
'TWAS HIS BLOOD HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD THAT STAINED THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
'TWAS HIS LOVE THAT PAIN THE AWFUL COST
O SOUL SO FAR ASTRAY COME AND PLUNGS TODAY
IN THE BLOOD THAT STAINED THE OLD RUGGED CROSS