Does anyone know this song or artist?

Question

This is an old trucking song where a grandpa trucker was trying to get to his dying baby granddaughter and he brought a rocking chair with him and all the truckers helped him ( a heart-warming, tear-jerking song). I don't know the correct name of the song but I know a few lyrics...can anyone help? Some of the lyrics are: Rock a bye baby, don't you cry, grandpa will rock you by and by I come all the way dear from Abilene to rock my sweet baby to sleep once again.

Answer 1

wow I researched for over 40 minutes on this and got nothing.  I'll tell you the person to ask though, is the trucking bozo Dale Sommers..  www.thebozo.com is his site or you email his son Steve Sommers on www.700wlw.com and either one of them will probably have a better idea.  I'd do it myself but I don't want to be the middleman, and my vacation is over tonight.