The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Live at Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Hoffman Estates, IL, September 16, 1989)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 was hungry, just barely alive By May 10th, Richmond had 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 singing La, la la la la la, la la la la, la la la la la [Verse 2] Back with my wife in Tennessee, 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 the money's no good You take what you need and you leave the rest 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 singing La, la la la la la, la la la la, la la la la la [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Like my father before me, I'm a peaceful man Like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand Just eighteen, proud and brave When a Yankee laid him in his grave Swear by the blood floods on my feet You can't raise a Cain back up when he's in defeat [Chorus] The night they drove old Dixie down Oh, the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down All the people were singing La, la la la la la, la la la la, la la la la la [Outro] The night they drove old Dixie down Oh, the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down All the people were singing La, la la la la la, la la la la, la la la la la