The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
'Til Stonewall's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of '65 We were hungry just barely alive.
By May the tenth 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 singin'. They went
La La La La La La La La La La La La La La

Back with my wife in Tennessee When one day she said to me
"Virgil quick come see there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don't mind'em choppin' wood and I don't care if the money's no good.
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best.

Like my father before me I'm a workin' man
Like my brother above me I took a rebel stand.
He was just eighteen proud and brave But a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.