The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
Til Stonemans cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of 65, we were hungry, just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
Its a time I remember, oh so well
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the people were singing
They went, 'La, la, la'
Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
'Virgil, quick, come see, there go the Robert E.Lee'
Now I dont mind choppin wood, and I dont care if the moneys no good
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing
They went, 'La, la, la'
Like my father before me, I will work the land
And like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You cant raise a Caine back up when hes in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing
They went, 'Na, na, na'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the people were singing
They went, 'Na, na, na'