The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Lyrics

Song	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Artist	Joan Baez
Album	Greatest Hits
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	Virgil Caine is my name
	And I drove on the Danville train
	'Til so much cavalry came
	And tore up the tracks again
	In the winter of sixty-five
	We were hungry, just barely alive
	I took the train to Richmond that fell
	It's a time I remember
	Oh, so well

	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the bells were ringin'
	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the people were singin'
	They went
	Laaaaaa, la-la-la-laaaaaa
	La-la, la-la
	La-la-la-laaaaaa

	Back with my wife in Tenessee
	And one day she said to me
	Virgil, quick come see
	There goes the Robert E Lee
	Now, I don't mind I'm choppin' wood
	And I don't care if my money's no good
	Just take what you need and leave the rest
	But they should never have taken the very best

	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the bells were ringin'
	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the people were singin'
	They went
	Laaaaaa, la-la-la-laaaaaa
	La-la, la-la
	La-la-la-laaaaaa

	Like my father before me
	I'm a working man
	And like my brother before me
	I took a rebel stand
	Well, he was just 18, proud and brave
	But a yankee laid him in his grave
	I swear by the blood below my feet
	You can't raise the Caine back up
	When it's in defeat

	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the bells were ringin'
	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the people were singin'
	They went
	Laaaaaa, la-la-la-laaaaaa
	La-la, la-la
	La-la-la-laaaaaa

	Virgil Caine is my name
	And I drove on the Danville train
	' Til so much cavalry came
	And tore up the tracks again
	In the winter of sixtyfive
	We were hungry, just barely alive
	I took the train to Richmond that fell
	It' s a time I remember
	Oh, so well

	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the bells were ringin'
	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the people were singin'
	They went
	Laaaaaa, lalalalaaaaaa
	Lala, lala
	Lalalalaaaaaa

	Back with my wife in Tenessee
	And one day she said to me
	Virgil, quick come see
	There goes the Robert E Lee
	Now, I don' t mind I' m choppin' wood
	And I don' t care if my money' s no good
	Just take what you need and leave the rest
	But they should never have taken the very best

	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the bells were ringin'
	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the people were singin'
	They went
	Laaaaaa, lalalalaaaaaa
	Lala, lala
	Lalalalaaaaaa

	Like my father before me
	I' m a working man
	And like my brother before me
	I took a rebel stand
	Well, he was just 18, proud and brave
	But a yankee laid him in his grave
	I swear by the blood below my feet
	You can' t raise the Caine back up
	When it' s in defeat

	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the bells were ringin'
	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the people were singin'
	They went
	Laaaaaa, lalalalaaaaaa
	Lala, lala
	Lalalalaaaaaa

	Virgil Caine is my name
	And I drove on the Danville train
	' Til so much cavalry came
	And tore up the tracks again
	In the winter of sixtyfive
	We were hungry, just barely alive
	I took the train to Richmond that fell
	It' s a time I remember
	Oh, so well

	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the bells were ringin'
	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the people were singin'
	They went
	Laaaaaa, lalalalaaaaaa
	Lala, lala
	Lalalalaaaaaa

	Back with my wife in Tenessee
	And one day she said to me
	Virgil, quick come see
	There goes the Robert E Lee
	Now, I don' t mind I' m choppin' wood
	And I don' t care if my money' s no good
	Just take what you need and leave the rest
	But they should never have taken the very best

	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the bells were ringin'
	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the people were singin'
	They went
	Laaaaaa, lalalalaaaaaa
	Lala, lala
	Lalalalaaaaaa

	Like my father before me
	I' m a working man
	And like my brother before me
	I took a rebel stand
	Well, he was just 18, proud and brave
	But a yankee laid him in his grave
	I swear by the blood below my feet
	You can' t raise the Caine back up
	When it' s in defeat

	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the bells were ringin'
	The night they drove Old Dixie down
	And all the people were singin'
	They went
	Laaaaaa, lalalalaaaaaa
	Lala, lala
	Lalalalaaaaaa

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