
ALAN JACKSON LYRICS - The Old Rugged Cross 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. [Refrain:] 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, It's shame and reproach gladly bear; Then he'll call me some day to my home far away, Where his glory forever I'll share. [Refrain] Alan Jackson Biography Country singer. Born October 17, 1958, in Newnan, Georgia. Jackson grew up in rural Georgia; he lived with his parents and four older sisters in a house built around his grandfather's old toolshed. Shortly after marrying his high school sweetheart, Denise, in 1979, Jackson moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career in music. After a long series of rejections, he finally landed a recording deal with Arista Records. The tremendous success of his debut album, Here in the Real World (1990), marked Jackson's arrival among a group of country artists—including Randy Travis, Clint Black, Travis Tritt, Garth Brooks, and Vince Gill—that represented a new brand of traditionalism in country music and the end of the synthesized pop country trend of the 1980s. An accomplished songwriter, Jackson wrote much of his first album, which remained on the US country charts for more than a year. His next two albums, Don't <b>...</b>
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