"Travelin' Prayer" is a song written and performed by singer Billy Joel, and released as the third US single from his 1973 album Piano Man as its opening track.

[3] Billboard regarded "Travelin' Prayer" as Joel's "best single effort yet," praising the banjo arrangement and the contrast between the prayer-like lyrics and the fast tempo of the song.

[5] Cash Box called it "an up-tempo bluegrass flavored tune" with "the same dynamism that 'Piano Man' exhibited, saying that "Billy's voice is powerful and his piano work is really sensational" and "his technique is clean and polished.

[9] It later earned Dolly Parton a Grammy Award Nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, when she covered it in 1999 on the album The Grass Is Blue.

[4] Bielen notes that Parton's version begins with a slow violin introduction that lasts almost a minute, but the rest of the song goes at "pedal to the metal" speed.

[4] In addition to the violin, Parton's backing instruments include banjo, dobro, mandolin, guitar and upright bass.