The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

(intro) () Virgil Caine is my name and I served on the Danville train Till Stoneman's 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. It was a time I remember oh, so well. The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing, The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singing. They went, "Naa na-na naa na-na, na Na na na na na na na na na" Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me, "Virgil, quick, come see: there goes Robert E. Lee!" Now, I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if my money's no good. Just take what you need and leave the rest But they should never have taken the very best. (Chorus) Like my father before me, I will work the land. And, like my brother before me, who took a rebel stand. He was just 18, proud and brave, when a Yankee laid him in his grave. I swear by the mud below my feet, You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat. (Chorus)