Wagon Wheel [German translation]

Headed down south to the land of the pines

I'm 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

And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh

I can see my baby tonight

[Chorus:]

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

Ah, the north country winters keep a-gettin' me

And I 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

[Chorus]

Walkin' due 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 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

[Chorus]

• Artist:Old Crow Medicine Show
• Album:Old Crow Medicine Show (2004)