The Charlie Daniels Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down lyrics

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