Old rockin' chair's got me
(Old rocking chair got you, father)
(I ain't got no gin, father)
(You're gonna tan my hide)
Can't get from this cabin
(You ain't goin' nowhere?)
Just sittin' me here grabbin'
At the flies 'round my rockin' chair
How long to Heaven she be?
For the end of the trouble I see
Old rockin' chair gets it
(Rocking chair get it, father)
Judgment Day is almost here
Old rocking chair got you, father
(Yes, indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed, you got it)
And your cane by your side
(Can't get around no more)
But I ain't got no gin, father
(Well, that's all the sadness)
Oh, you gonna tan my hide, tan my hide
You can't get from this cabin
(Man, I don't wanna go nowhere)
Oh no, father, but you ain't goin' nowhere
You sittin' here grabbin', you grabbin', you grabbin'
The flies 'round the old rockin' chair, rockin' chair
My dear old, aunt Harriet
(Yes son, how long to heaven she be?)
(Yeah, you don't like that)
Oh chariot, oh chariot, chariot, chariot, chariot
(Yeah I got your ride, I got your ride, got every chariot)
Once again in the time of trouble, I've seen
(Yeah, nobody knows the trouble I've seen)
Old rockin' chair get it, rockin' chair get it
(Old rockin' chair get it)
And Judgment Day, oh, Judgment Day
You sittin' here chained to your rockin' chair