From the recording Let Me Fly
Three wooden crosses stood on the mountain at Calvary - this song, first recorded by Carter and Ralph Stanley, tells the story of that fateful afternoon and leaves us with a message of hope.
Lyrics
Three men on a mountain up on Calvary
And the man in the middle was Jesus
He died for you and me
Well the man on the left was a sinning man. Tied to a cross he bled
He could have been forgiven, but he mocked the Lord instead
You say you are the Son of God. Well, they nailed you to a tree.
Come down come down and save us, if God your Father be
[chorus]
Well the man on the right was a sinner too. But he was sorry for his sins
He begged the Lord's forgiveness, and Jesus said to him,
Fear not, fear not this earthly death. Before this day is o'er
You'll be with me in paradise on Heaven's golden shore
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[chorus]
And the man in the middle was Jesus
He died for you and me