Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train Til Stonemans cavalry came and tore up the tracks again. In the winter of 65, we were hungry, just barely alive. By May the 10th, Richmond had fell. Its a time 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. Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me, Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E.Lee! Now I dont mind Im choppin wood, and I dont care if the moneys no good. You take what you need and 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.. Like my father before me, I will work the land, And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand. He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave. I swear by the blood below my feet You cant raise a Caine back up when hes 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 ... 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 ... https://youtube/watch?v=9ZHr4P0BzdM
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:56:05 +0000
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