The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

1. Virgil Cain is my name

and I drove on the Donville train

Till Stoneman`s cavalry came

and tore up the tracks again

In the winter ofsixtyfive,

we were hungry, just barely alive

I drove a train to Richmond, Nefelle

It was time I remember very well

R: The night they drove old Dixie down,

Em

and all the bells were ringing

The night they drove old Dixie down,

Em

and all the people were singing

(they went:) Naa nana naa nana na naa na naa na naa naa na naa na na naa

2. Back with my wife in Tennessee,

one day she said to me:

"Virgil, quick come see,

there goes Robert E. Lee"

Now, I don`t mind choppin` wood,

and I don`t care if the money`s no good

You take what you need and you leave the rest

But they should never have taken the very best

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3. Like my father before me,

I`m working man

Like my brother above me,

I took a rebel stand

He was eighteen, proud and brave,

but a Yankee laid him in his grave

I swear by blood beneath my feet,

you can`t raise a Cain back up when he`s in defeat

R: The night they drove...