The Band - The night they drove old dixie down - 2000 - remaster lyrics
[The Band - The night they drove old dixie down - 2000 - remaster lyrics]
Virgil Caine is my name and I
Drove on the Danville train
'Til Stoneman's 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
It's 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, nana
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 ELee!"
Now I don't mind I'm choppin' wood
And I don't care if the money's 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, nana 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 can't raise a Caine 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 "
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 "
Drove on the Danville train
'Til Stoneman's 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
It's 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, nana
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 ELee!"
Now I don't mind I'm choppin' wood
And I don't care if the money's 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, nana 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 can't raise a Caine 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 "
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 "