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Virgil Cain is my name |
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And I served on the Danville train |
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Till Stoneman's cavalry came |
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And tore up the tracks again |
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In the winter of '65 |
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We were hungry |
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Just barely alive |
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I took the train to Richmond had fell |
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It was a time I remember oh so well |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And all the bells were ringing |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And all the people were singing |
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They went... "La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la" |
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Back with my wife in Tennessee |
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One day she came to me |
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"Virgil, Look, come see! There goes Robert E. Lee!" |
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Well I don't mind chopping wood |
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And I don't care if the money's no good |
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But you take what you need and leave the rest |
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And they should never have taken the very best |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And all the bells were ringing |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And all the people were singing |
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They went... "La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la" |
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Like my father before me |
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I am a working man |
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And like my brother above me |
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I took a rebel stand |
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He was just eighteen |
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Proud and brave |
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But a Yankee laid him in his grave |
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I swear by the blood beneath my feet |
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You can't raise the cane back up when it's in defeat |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And all the bells were ringing |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And all the people were singing |
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(La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la) |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And all the bells were ringing |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And all the people were singing |
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(La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la) |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And all the bells were ringing |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And all the people were singing |
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La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la... |
