The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band

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 sixty-five We were hungry, just barely alive By may tenth, Richmond had fell And it's a time that 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 singin, they went Na, na na na na na na na Na na, na na, na na, na na na Back with my wife in Tennessee When one day she said to me Virgil, quick, come see, Virgil There goes Robert E. Lee Now, I dont mind choppin' wood And I don't care if the money's no good Just take what you need and you leave the rest But they never should have taken the very best 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 singin, they went Na, na na na na na na na Na na, na na, na na, na na na Like my father before me I will work the land Like my brother above me He took a rebel stand He was just eighteen, proud and brave And 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 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 Na, na na na na na na na Na na, na na, na na, na na na

Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive By May tenth, Richmond had fell It was a time I remember, oh, so well The night they drove old Dixie down All the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singin' they went Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Back to my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me Said "Virgil, quick, come and see there goes Robert E. Lee" Now I don't mind choppin' wood and I don't care if the money no good You take what you need but you leave the rest They should never have taken the very best The night they drove old Dixie down All the bells was ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singin' they went Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man Like my brother before me, who took a rebel stand He was just eighteen, proud and brave When a Yankee laid him in his grave And I swear by the mud below my feet You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat The night they drove old Dixie down All them bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singin' they went Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na, na The night they drove old Dixie down All them bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singin' they went Na, na, na, na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Virgil Caine is my name, and I served on the Danville train Til Stonewall's Calvery 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's a time I remember oh so well The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringin' The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin' They went na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she said to me "Virgil, quick come see, there goes Robert E. Lee Well I don't mind choppin' wood, And I don't care if the money's no good Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest They never should have taken the very best Like my father before me, I will work the land Like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand He was just eighteen, proud and brave, Til a Yankee laid him in his grave I swear by the mud beneath my feet You can't raise a Caine when he's in defeat