Keep your eyes on the prize hold on to the gospel plow
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All of the following are versions of a song called "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize". It was an old folk song that later became a protest song during the civil rights movement. According to "Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_Plow the song is has also been known as "Gospel Plow", "Hold On", and "Keep Your Hand on the Plow".This is a folk version of it from Union Boys in 1944. The words are different, though, but the tune is the same.Mavis Staples with a soulful take of the song.Here is Screaming Trees with the song (the reason I researched about it in the first place). They use the more traditional tune to start as an intro and then completely take off from it. You may recognize a familiar face helping them out on guitar.This is Bruce Springsteen performing the song with some jazzy horns mixed in. Anyone know who the second guy that sings is?A bluegrass cover from Old Crow Medicine Show.
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