The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down lyrics - Joan Baez

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down lyrics

Virgil Caine is my name
And I drove on the Danville train
'Til so much cavalry came
And tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65
We were hungry, just barely alive
I took a train to Richmond that fell
It was a time I remember, oh, so well

(Chorus)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
And the bells were ringing
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
And all the people were singin'
They went
Na, na, na...

Back with my wife in Tennessee
And one day she said to me
"Virgil, quick, come see
There goes the the Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don't mind choppin' wood
And I don't care if the money's no good
Just take what you need and leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

(Chorus)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
And the bells were ringing
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
And all the people were singin'
They went
Na, na, na...

Like my father before me
I'm a working man
And like my brother before me
I took a rebel stand
Well, he was just eighteen, proud and brave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood below my feet
You can't raise the cane back up when it's in the feed

(Chorus)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
And the bells were ringing
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
And all the people were singin'
They went
Na, na, na...

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