Hold Fast to the Right is from James Vaughan 1906. Lester McFarland and James Gardner recorded the song first in 1928.

HOLD FAST TO THE RIGHT- Carter Family 1937

Kneel down by the side of your mother, my boy
You have only a moment, I know
But stay till I give you my parting advice
It is all that I have to bestow

    Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right
    Wherever your footsteps may roam
    And forsake not the way of salvation, my boy
    That you learned from your mother at home
    [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

You leave us to seek your employment, my boy
By the world you have yet to be tied
But in the temptations and trials you meet
May your heart to the savior confide

    Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right
    Wherever your footsteps may roam
    And forsake not the way of salvation, my boy
    That you learned from your mother at home
    [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

I gave you to god in your cradle, my boy
And taught you the best that I knew
And as long as His mercies permits me to live
I shall never stop praying for you

    Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right
    Wherever your footsteps may roam
    And forsake not the way of salvation, my boy
    That you learned from your mother at home
    [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

You will find in this satchel a Bible, my boy
It's a book of all others are built
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 may roam
    And forsake not the way of salvation, my boy
    That you learned from your mother at home