Porter Wagoner - Thirty Pieces Of Silver lyrics

It's a sad but true story from the Bible it came

And it tells us how Judas solved the Saviour in shame

He planed with the counsel of high priest that day

Thirty pieces of silver was the price they would pay

(Thirty pieces of silver thirty shekels of shame

Was the price paid for Jesus on the cross he was slain

Betrayed and forsaken unloved and unclaimed

In anger they pierced him but he died not in vain)

Twas there on the hilllside the multitude came

And found our dear Saviour then took him away

They smote him and they mocked him torn the crown round his head

And his rainment of purple showed the blood stains of red

Far off in the mountain with face toward the sun

Judas begged for mercy for what he had done

He gave back the silver for his heart filled with strife

And there in the mountain he took his own life

(Thirty pieces of silver thirty shekels of shame

Was the price paid for Jesus on the cross he was slain)