The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down
The Band
The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down
CAPO 1
Verse 1:
Virgil Cain is the name and I served on the Danville train
Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks a-gain
In the winter of sixty-five, we were hungry, just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
It was a time I re-member all so well
Chorus:
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing. They went...
Na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na
Verse 2:
Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
"Virgil, quick come see! There goes Robert Е. 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
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing. They went...
Na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na
Verse 3:
Like my father be-fore 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
I swear by the mud be-low my feet
You can't raise a Cain back up when he's in de-feat
Chorus:
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing. They went...
Na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na