DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
(C. W. Byron and Arthur F. Ingler, 1897.)

Oh, many hearts are aching -- we see them everywhere --
Whose cups are filled with sorrow, whose homes are filled with care.
Misfortune overtakes them. The world gives them a cuff,
Or sends them to perdition, those diamonds in the rough.

CHO: The day will soon be over in which to work and win.
Many a gem lies hidden beneath the dross of sin.
So let us dig and find them. God's power is enough
To polish into beauty those diamonds in the rough

One day, my precious comrade, you too were lost in sin,
But others sought your rescue, and Jesus took you in.
So when you're tried and tempted by the scoffer's keen rebuff,
Don't turn away in anger, he's a diamond in the rough.

So let us keep it burning, the lamp of holy love.
To every persecutor, point out the way above.
The precious light of Jesus was shed for that poor dove.
So let us tell him of it, that diamond in the rough.


As sung by The Larry Nelson Family, on "At Calvary," 1999.
The first verse shown here is not in early printed versions of the song,
and may have come from Uncle Dave Macon.
This is probably the version that A. P. Carter found and adapted.

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