Hold Fast to the Right - June Carter Cash

Well I gave you to God in your cradle my boy

And I’ve taught you the best that I knew

And as long as His mercies permit me to live

I shall never cease praying for you

Hold fast to the right hold fast to the right

Wherever your footsteps shall roam

And forsake not the way of salvation my boy

That you learned from your mother at home

Well you leave us to seek your employment my boy

By the world you have yet to be tried

But in temptations and trials you eet my boy

May your heart to the Savior confide

Hold fast to the right hold fast to the right

Wherever your footsteps shall roam

And forsake not the way of salvation my boy

That you learned from your mother at home

You will find in your satchel a Bible my boy

It’s the book of all others the best

It will help you to live and prepare you to die

And will lead to the gates of the blest

Hold fast to the right hold fast to the right

Wherever your footsteps shall roam

And forsake not the way of salvation my boy

That you learned from your mother at home

Vocals: June Carter Cash

Acoustic guitar: Norman Blake

Acoustic guitar: Laura Cash

Background vocals: Johnny Cash

Recorded at the Carter Family Home in Maces Springs, Virginia