Alas! And Did My Saviour Bleed
Isaac Watts, 1707 (verses); Ralph E. Hudson, 1985 (chorus)
Time Signature: 4/4
Presentation V1 C V2 C V3 C V4 C

Verse 1
Alas! And did my Savior bleed?
And did my Sov’reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head?
For such a one 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!

Verse 2
Was it for crimes that I have done,
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

Verse 3
Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut His glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker, died
For man, the creature’s sin.

Verse 4
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!

CCLI Song # 431

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