Heading down South to the land of the pines
I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline
Staring up the road, pray to God I see headlights
Made it down the coast in 17 hours
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh
I can see my baby tonight
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey, mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey, mama rock me
♪
Running from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
Oh, north country winters keep a-gettin' me down
Lost my money playing poker, so I had to leave town
But I ain't a-turning' back to living that old life no more
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey, mama rock me
Yeah, rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey, mama rock me
♪
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
But he's a-headed west from the Cumberland Gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee
And I gotta, gotta move on before the sun
I hear my baby callin' my name
And I know that she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh, at least I will die free
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey, mama rock me
Oh, rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey, hey, hey mama rock me
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey, hey, hey mama rock me (come on, rock me)
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey, hey, hey mama rock me (yeah, rock me)