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