Alas, and did my Saviour bleed,
And did my sov’reign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
for sinners such as I ?

Chorus:
At the cross, at the cross where I first saw
the light,
And the burden of my heart rolled away,
It was there by faith
I received my sight, and now I am happy all
the day!

Was it for crimes that I had done
he groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
and love beyond degree!

Well might the sun in darkness hide,
and shut his glories in
when Christ the mighty Maker died
for man,
the creatures sin

But drops of grief can ne’er repay
The debt of love I owe
Here, Lord I give myself away
tis all that I can do.