I want to wake up in the morning
Where the purple lilacs grow
Where the sun comes a-peepin´ into where I´m a sleepin´
And the song birds sing, "Hello" (Hello)
I want to wander through the wild wood
Where the fragrant breezes blow
And drift back to New Hampshire
Where the purple lilacs grow

I want to wake up in the morning
Where the purple lilacs grow
Where the sun comes a-peepin´ into where I´m a sleepin´
And the song birds sing, "Hello" (Hello)
I want to wandеr through the wild wood
Where thе fragrant breezes blow
And drift back to New Hampshire
Where the purple lilacs grow

If I had a hammer
I´d hammer in the morning
I´d hammer in the evening
All over this land
I´d hammer out danger
I´d hammer out a warning
I´d hammer about the love between my brothers and my sisters
All, all over this land

If I had a bell
I´d ring it in the morning
I´d ring it in the evening
All over this land
I´d ring out danger
I´d ring out a warning
I´d ring about the love between my brothers and my sisters
All, all over this land

If I had a song
I´d sing it in the morning
I´d sing it in the evening
All over this land
I´d sing out danger
I´d sing out a warning, yeah
I´d sing out about the love between my brothers and my sisters
All, all over this land

Now, I´ve got a hammer
And I´ve got a bell
And I´ve got a song to sing
All over this land
It´s the hammer of justice
It´s the bell of freedom, yeah
It´s the song about the love between my brothers and my sisters
All, all over this land

Headin´ down south to the land of the pines
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 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 a guitar, I pick a banjo now
Oh, north country winters keep a-gettin´ me down
Lost my money playin´ poker, so I had to leave town
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
Yeah, rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound 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-headin´ 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 died 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
Oh, rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey... mama rock me
So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel (oh, I wanna 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