Plastic Jesus

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"Plastic Jesus" is an American folk song written by Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957. They recorded it as a humorous ad spoof in 1962 as The Goldcoast Singers on World Pacific Records' Here They Are! The Goldcoast Singers (wp-1806). The authorship of the song has historically been incorrectly attributed to Ernie Marrs, who recorded a version in 1965, despite Rush and Cromarty being listed as the authors by ASCAP and by the song's publisher, EMI Music Publishing. Ernie Marrs is sometimes credited as the songwriter because of the folk music magazine Sing Out! (Volume 14, issue number 2, page 40) crediting a version of the lyrics and music to him. Plastic Jesus shares a melody with Woody Guthrie's "Oklahoma Hills”, and its chord progression shares the same chorus change structure as the 1899 "Keep on the Sunny Side". The melody and chord progression also bears a resemblance to the A section of “What A Friend We Have In Jesus”, although this Christian hymn is generally performed in a much slower and melancholy manner.