Old Rugged Cross, The

DESCRIPTION: "On a hill far away Stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of shuffling and shame." The singer loves the cross, "Where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners were slain." The singer will someday trade a cross for a crown
AUTHOR: George Bennard (1873-1958) (source: Johnson, One Hundred and One Famous Hymns)
EARLIEST DATE: 1913 (source: Johnson, One Hundred and One Famous Hymns)
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs, p. 68, "The Old Rugged Cross" (1 text, 1 tune)
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, various authors, "A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle" [an entire issue about a documentary of the Landis Family], Vol. XXXVI, No. 1 (Winter 1989), pp. 48-49, "The Old Rugged Cross" (1 text, contained in the script of the documentary)
ADDITIONAL: Charles Johnson, One Hundred and One Famous Hymns (Hallberg, 1982), pp, 192-193, "The Old Rugged Cross" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #22417
RECORDINGS:
Arthur Alligood, "The Old Rugged Cross" (Piotr-Archive #267, recorded 09/26/2022)
Chris Miles, "The Old Rugged Cross" (Fragment: Piotr-Archive #546, recorded 03/14/2023)
SAME TUNE:
The Old Chevrolet/On a Hill Far Away Stood an Old Chevrolet (Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 106; cf. Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 259)
File: HymOlRuC

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