The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 7-19-05
Virgil Cane is my name and I served on the Danville train
Till Stoneman's calvary came
and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65
We were hungry just barely alive
I took the train to Richmond that fell it was the time that I remember oh so well
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
They went na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na
Back with my wife in Tennessee
well one day she called to me
Virgil quick come see
there goes the Robert E Lee
Now I don't mind choppin' woods and I don't care if the money's no good
You take what you need and you leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
They went na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na
Like my father before me
I'm a working man
And like my brother above me he took a rebel stand
But he was just eighteen proud and brave
and the yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet you can't raise Cain back up when he's in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
They went na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na