| Old rocking chair’s got me, my cane by my side | 
| Fetch me that gin, son, 'fore I tan your hide | 
| Can’t get from this cabin, goin' nowhere | 
| Just set me here grabbin' at the flies 'round this rocking chair | 
| My dear, old aunt Harriet, in Heaven she be Send me sweet chariot, for the end of the trouble I see | 
| Old rocking chair gets it, judgment day is here | 
| Chained to my rocking chair | 
| Old rocking chair’s got me, son | 
| (Rocking chair got you father) | 
| And my cane by my side | 
| (Yes, your cane by your side) | 
| Now fetch me that old gin, son | 
| (Ain't got no gin, father) | 
| 'Fore I tan your hide, now | 
| (You're gonna tan my hide) | 
| You know, I can’t get from this old cabin | 
| (What cabin? Joking) | 
| And I ain’t goin' nowhere | 
| (Why ain’t you goin' nowhere?) | 
| Well, just sittin' me here grabbin' | 
| (Grabbin') | 
| At these flies 'round this old rocking chair | 
| (Rocking chair) | 
| Now you remember dear old Aunt Harriet | 
| (Aunt Harriet) | 
| How long in Heaven she be? | 
| (She's up in Heaven) | 
| Send me down, send me down, sweet chariot | 
| (Sweet chariot) | 
| For the end of this trouble I see | 
| (I see, daddy) | 
| Old rocking chair gets it, son | 
| (Rocking chair get it, father) | 
| And judgment day is here, too | 
| (Your judgment day is here) | 
| And I’m chained to my rocking, old rocking chair |