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this song appears on two albums, and was first released on the whose garden was |
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This? album, and has also been released on the changes album. |
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Virgil caine is the name, i served on the danville train |
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So much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again |
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In the summer of sixty-five we were hungry just barely alive |
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By may the tenth richmond had fell it's a time i remember so well |
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The night they drove old dixie down and the bells were ringin' |
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The night they drove old dixie down and the people were singin' |
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They went la na na na na na la na na na na na na na |
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Back home in tennessee my wife called out for me |
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Say virgil come quick and see there goes robert e lee |
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I don't mind choppin' wood and i don't care if da money ain't good |
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You take what you need and save the rest but they should never have taken the |
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Very best |
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The night they drove old dixie down and the bells were ringin' |
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The night they drove old dixie down and the people were singin' |
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They went la na na na na na la na na na na na na na |
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Like my father before me he was a workin' man |
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Like my brother above me he took a rebel's stand |
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He was just eighteen proud and brave when a yankee laid him in his grave |
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I swear by the blood beneath my feet you can't raise a caine back up when he's |
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In defeat |
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The night they drove old dixie down and the bells were ringin' |
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The night they drove old dixie down and the people were singin' |
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They went la na na na na na la na na na na na na na |
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The night they drove old dixie down and the bells were ringin' |
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The night they drove old dixie down and the people were singin' |
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They went la na na na na na la na na na na na na na.................. |
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Words and music by r robertson |