The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Concert Version

Lyrics

[Verse 1] A-Virgil Caine is the name And I served on the Danville train 'til Stoneman's cavalry came And they tore up the tracks again In the winter of '65 We were hungry, just barely alive By May tenth, Richmond had fell It's a time I remember oh-so-well [Chorus] The night they drove old dixie down When all the bells were ringin' The night they drove old dixie down And all the people wеre singin' They went, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na [Verse 2] Back with my wifе in Tennesse When one day she called to me Said, "Virgil, quick, come and see There's 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 [Chorus] The night they drove old dixie down When all the bells were ringin' 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 [Verse 3] Like my father before me I will work the land And like my brother above me Who took a rebel stand He was just eighteen, proud and brave But 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 [Chorus] The night they drove old dixie down When all the bells were ringin' 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 The night they drove old dixie down When all the bells were ringin' 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