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)