The Man Who Wore The Scarlet Purple Robe

My roots are in Southern Gospel and I had not heard this before. I heard it on Bluegrass PBS on the radio as I drove to Wal-Mart Saturday morning. 

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The Man Who Wore The scarlet Purple Robe by Ralph Stanley

There's a story so unkind in the Holy book we find

And it tells how Jesus stood alone one day

False accused and there condemned yet they found no fault with Him

The man who wore the scarlet purple robe

   Purple robe my Savior wore oh the shame for me he bore

   As He stood alone, forsaken on that day

   And they placed upon His head piercing thorns and blood stained red

   His raiment was a scarlet purple robe

In the common judgment hall he was mocked and scorned by all

And a tear of sorrow fell upon His cheek

Soldiers of the wicked man smote Him with their evil hand

The Man who wore the scarlet purple robe

Words of truth that day were plain from the lips of Pilot came

In this man I find no reason He should die

But the multitudes replied let Him now be crucified

The man who wore the scarlet purple robe

Oh the River Of Jordan is many miles away

And this mighty river I may never see

But I'll find myself an alter in an old fashioned church