Rock me Momma like the wind and the rain
Oh, north country winters keep a getting me
So rock me Momma like a wagon wheel
Hey Momma rock me
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
Running from the cold up in New england
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
I caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
To Johnson city Tennessee
Rock me Momma like a south bound train
Hey Momma rock me
So rock me Momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me Momma like the wind and the rain
Hey Momma rock me
But he's a heading west from the Cumberland gap
So rock me Momma like a wagon wheel
But I ain't turning back to living that old life no more
Hey Momma rock me
I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only one
Now I lost my money playing poker so I had to up and leave
Hey Momma rock me
Rock me Momma like a south bound train
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
Rock me Momma any way you feel
Rock me Momma any way you feel
And I gotta get a move on before the sun
Rock me Momma like the wind and the rain
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight
And if I died in Raleigh at least I will die free
Rock me Momma any way you feel
Staring up the road and pray to god I see headlights
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
Rock me Momma like a south bound train
