May 19, 2024

Red Rocking Chair is a traditional American folk song. It goes by other names such as, Little Red Rocking Chair, Honey Babe Blues, Honey Babe. Dock Boggs, Lily May Ledford and Doc Watson have recorded this song. I play it on the mountain banjo in sawmill tuning, also known as, Mountain modal tuning only I`m tuned down to low octave B.

Red Rocking Chair - lyrics
performed by
Dan D. Dirges
Banjo Sawmill tuning (GDGCD relative) only tuned down to low B

aint good no use for a little red rocking chair.
got no sugar honey baby here.
got no sugar honey, honey baby here.

who`ll rock the cradle, who`ll sing the song.
who`ll rock the cradle when I`m gone.
who`ll rock the cradle, the cradle when I`m gone.

I`ll rock the cradle, I`ll sing the song.
I`ll rock the cradle when your gone.
I`ll rock the cradle, the cradle when your gone.

done all I can do, done all I can say.
I`ll be lonesome all my days
I`ll be lonesome all my days

aint good no use for a little red rocking chair.
got no sugar honey baby here.
got no sugar honey, honey baby here.