Headed down south to the land of the pines
I'm thumbin' my way into
North Caroline
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 a hopin' for
Raleigh I can see my baby tonight
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama anyway you feel
Hey mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound 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 the guitar
I pick a banjo now
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
Lost my money playin' poker so
I had to up and leave
But I ain't a turnin' back
To livin' that old life no more
So rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama anyway you feel
Hey mama rock me
Rock me mama anyway you feel
Rock  me mama like a wagon wheel
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 get a move on fit for 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

Rock  me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama anyway you feel
Hey mama rock me