Gospel Plow

"Gospel Plow" (also known as "Hold On") is a traditional American folk song. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index, number 10075. The title is biblical, based on Luke 9:62.

Recordings

• Duke Ellington at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival
• The Folksmiths, including Joe Hickerson - We've Got Some Singing To Do 1958
• Odetta on Odetta at Carnegie Hall 1961
• Clara Ward and Her Singers 1962
• Bob Dylan on his self-titled debut album 1962
• Peggy Lee - 2 Shows Nightly 1968
• Screaming Trees - Dust 1996
• Old Crow Medicine Show - Greetings from WAWA - 2000
• The Hackensaw Boys - Look Out - 2007
• Charlie Parr - Keep Your Hands On The Plow - 2011
• Elizabeth Cook - Gospel Plow - 2012
• Moses Hogan - The Moses Hogan Choral Series 2003: This Little Light of Mine
• Slim Cessna's Auto Club - Always Say Please & Thank You (2000)

Published Versions

• Alan Lomax and John A. Lomax Our Singing Country 1941 (pp 44–45)

See also

• Keep Your Eyes on the Prize