Upon the Cross of Calvary
Author: Vilate Raile
Composer: Leroy J. Robertson
Languages (50)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Në Kryq Atje në Kalvari
- Bulgarian: На кръста на Голгота
- Cantonese (Romanized/Pingyam): [Unknown title]
- Cebuano: Didto sa Krus sa Kalbaryo
- Chinese (Simplified): 髑髅山十字架上
- Chinese (Traditional): 髑髏山十字架上
- Croatian: Na svetom tlu Kalvarije
- Czech: Tam na Kalvárii na kříž
- Danish: På Golgata
- Dutch: Aan ’t houten kruis op Golgota
- English: Upon the Cross of Calvary
- English Braille: ⠠⠥⠏⠕⠝ ⠮ ⠠⠉⠗⠕⠎⠎ ⠷ ⠠⠉⠁⠇⠧⠁⠗⠽
- Estonian: Nad naelutasid ristile
- Fijian: Kauveilatai Mai Kalivari
- Finnish: Kun Kristus, Herra, naulittiin
- French: C’est sur la croix
- French (French Polynesia): Ua Faasataurohia to Tatou ra Fatu
- German: Am Kreuze einst auf Golgatha
- Greek: Στον Γολγοθά σταυρώθηκε
- Hmong: Saum Ntoo Khaub Lig Nyob Pem lub Roob
- Hungarian: A Kálvária keresztjén
- Icelandic: Á krossi háum Kristur minn
- Indonesian: Di Atas Salib Kalvari
- Italian: In cima al Calvario
- Japanese: カルバリに
- Japanese (Hiragana): カルバリに
- Japanese (Kanji): カルバリに
- Kekchi: Chiru li krus saʼ xbʼeen li tzuul
- Khmer (Cambodian): នៅលើឈើឆ្កាងនៃកាល់វ៉ារី
- Korean: 갈보리 십자가 위에
- Latvian: Pie krusta
- Lithuanian: Ant kryžiaus mirė Viešpats mūs
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Dúlóushān shízìjià shàng
- Mongolian: Калварын загалмай дээр
- Norwegian: På Golgata korsfestet de
- Polish: Na krzyżu, na Kalwarii hen
- Portuguese: Em uma Cruz Jesus Morreu
- Romanian: Pe cruce, sus, pe Golgota
- Russian: Распят был на кресте Господь
- Samoan: Sa Fa‘asatauro le Ali‘i
- Spanish: En el Calvario, en la cruz
- Spanish Braille: ⠠⠢ ⠑⠇ ⠠⠉⠁⠇⠧⠁⠗⠊⠕⠂ ⠢ ⠇⠁ ⠉⠗⠥⠵
- Swahili: Msalabani Golgotha
- Swedish: Vår Herre världens synder bar
- Tagalog: Doon sa Krus sa Kalbaryo
- Tahitian: Ua Faasataurohia to Tatou ra Fatu
- Thai: บนกางเขนแห่งคัลวารี
- Tongan: Ne Kalusefai ʻa e ʻEikí
- Ukrainian: На Голгофському хресті
- Vietnamese: Trên Thập Tự
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1948 or earlier.
In copyright (IRI)
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Hymns (1948), no. 178.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. Upon the cross of Calvary They crucified our Lord And sealed with blood the sacrifice That sanctified his word.
2. Upon the cross he meekly died For all mankind to see That death unlocks the passageway Into eternity.
3. Upon the cross our Savior died, But, dying, brought new birth Through resurrection’s miracle To all the sons of earth.
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