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