Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel

Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel is a song composed by American songwriter Dan Emmett for an 1853 blackface minstrel show. The song became extremely popular throughout the United States.^[1] It was recorded in 1927^[1] by banjo player and singing entertainer Uncle Dave Macon,^[2] an early Grand Ole Opry star. The song was later included on the Smithsonian Institution's Folkways collection, Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection. Peter, Paul and Mary sing this song on their Moving album in 1963 as "Old Coat".