THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN

Virgil Caine is the name And I serve on the Danville train Till Stormvill's calvary came And tore up the tracks again In the winter of '65 We were hungry Just barely alive By May the 10th But Richmond had fell It's a time I remember oh so well The night they drove old Dixie down And the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And the people were singing They went la... la... la... Back with my wife in Tennessee When one day she called to me Virgil Caine quick come see There goes Robert E. Lee Now I don't mind choppin' woods Now 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 The night they drove old Dixie down And the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And the people were singing They went la... la... la... Like my father before me I will work the land And like my brother above me Who took a rebel stand He was just 18 Proud and brave But a Yankee made a man in his grave I swear by the blood below my feet You can't raise a Caine back up When he's in defeat The night they drove old Dixie down And the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And the people were singing They went la... la... la... The night they drove old Dixie down And the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And the people were singing They went la... la... la...