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Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train |
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'Til Stonewall's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again |
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In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive |
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By May the tenth, Richmond had fell |
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It's a time I remember, oh, so well |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And the bells were ringing |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And the people were singin' |
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They went 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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When one day she said to me |
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"Virgil, quick, come see |
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There goes Robert E. Lee!" |
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Now I don't mind 'em choppin' wood |
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And I don't care if the money's no good |
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Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest |
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But they should never have taken the very best |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And the bells were ringing |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And the people were singin' |
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They went la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la |
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Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man |
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Like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand |
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He was just eighteen, proud and brave |
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But a Yankee laid him in his grave |
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I swear by the mud below my feet |
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You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And the bells were ringing |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And the people were singin' |
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They went 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 the bells were ringing |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And the people were singin' |
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They went 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 the bells were ringing |
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The night they drove old Dixie down |
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And the people were singin' |
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They went la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la |
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