I'm headed down south to the land of the pines I'm thumbin' my way to 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 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 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 The North Country winters keep a-gettin' me And I lost my mind in playin' poker So I had to up and leave, but I ain't a-turnin' back And lately I don't laugh 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 I got out of Roanoke, I caught a trucker out of Philly Had a nice long toke, but he's a-headin' west From the Cumberland Gap, Johnson City, Tennessee And I gotta get a 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 Rock me, mama, like the wind and the rain Rock me, mama, like a southbound train Hey, mama, rock me