v.1
While strollin' along in the country
Reviewing the scenes new and old
I found an old fashioned log cabin
So beautiful there to behold

A stranger was standing in silence
His eyes firmly fixed on the door
My heart ached in pity to see him
For these were the words that it bore

Chorus:
And the sign read an old cabin for sale
With old oaken bucket and well
Easy terms, just keep a log on the fire
And a light burnin' bright in the dell

Refrain:
Many years an old couple so patiently looked
For their boy who's last promise did fail
Now the ol' rockin' chair will be rockin' no more
There's an old log cabin for sale

Instr. Brk 8bars

v.3
There's a welcome I read on the floor mat
An old braided rug by the door
The hands of an angel had made it
With many a prayer prayed before

In an old rockin' chair there she waited
For one glimpse of him how she yearned
Now the old rockin' chair will be rockin' no more
And there's an old log cabin for sale