Headed down south to the land of the pines   And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline   Starin' up the road   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, any way 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 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 south-bound 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 got to 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 south-bound train   Hey, mama rock me