Wagon Wheel fue originalmente esbozada por Bob Dylan, quien grabó el estribillo en 1973 bajo el título de Rock Me Mama. Ketch Secor, del Old Crow Medicine Show, luego agregó versos a la canción, completando esta colaboración poco convencional. La canción habla sobre un viaje por el sur de Estados Unidos hasta Raleigh, Carolina del Norte. Desde entonces, se ha vuelto popular por su sensación nostálgica y retrato de la búsqueda de un hogar o un lug ... Ver más [+] ar donde pertenecer.
Headed down south to the land of the pines And I'm thumbin' my way into 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
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama anyway 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 stringband 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 anyway 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 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 anyway 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