I'm headin' down south to the land of the pine Thumbin' my way to 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 I'm hopin' for Raleigh, so I can see my baby tonight Well rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey, hey, hey, mama rock me Well rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south bound train Hey, hey, hey, mama rock me I've been running from the cold up in New England Born to be the fiddler in an old time string band My baby plays the guitar, I'll pick a banjo now Well those north country winters keep getting to me Lost my money playing poker so I had to up and leave But I ain't turning back, to live that old life no more So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey, hey, hey mama rock me Rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south bound train Hey, hey, hey mama rock me I was walking to the south, out of Roanoke Caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke Well he's heading west to the cumblin gown Johnson city, Tennessee Now I gotta get a move on before the sun Hear my baby callin' my name and she says I'm the only one But if I die in Raleigh, at least I will die free, oh yeah! And rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey, hey, hey mama rock me And rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south bound train Hey, hey, hey mama rock me (x4) --- .