Headin' down south to the land of the pines
Thumbin' my way into North Carolina
Starin' up the road and pray to god I see headlights
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm hopin' for Raleigh I can see my baby tonight
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
Runnin' 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 play a mandolin now
Oh, north country winter's keep a-getting me down
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to leave town
But I ain't a turnin' back to livin' that old life no more
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
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly told a nice long joke
He's a headin' west from the Cumberland gap
To Johnson City Tennessee
And I gotta move on before the sun
I hear my baby callin' my name and I know that he's the only one
If I died in Raleigh at least I will die free
Oh, 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
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
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey... mama rock me