Old rockin’ chair’s got me Cane by my side Fetch me that gin, son ‘Fore I tan your hide Can’t get from this cabin Ain’t goin’ nowhere Just sitting here grabbing At them flies round this old rockin’ chair
My dear old aunt Harriet Up in heaven she be Send down sweet chariot For the end of these troubles I see
Old rockin’ chair Judgement day is near I’m chained to that old rockin’ chair …