The Vegabonds - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Lyrics

Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
It was the winter of '65, we were hungry and just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond fell
It was a time that I remember so well

The night they drove old Dixie down
All the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
All the people were singing
They went, ""La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la""

Back with my wife in Tennessee
When one day she came to me
She said ""Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E.Lee""
Now I don't mind choppin' wood
And I don't care if the money's no good
But 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
All the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
All the people were singing
They went, ""La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la""

Like my father before me, I will work the land
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, he was proud and brave
But then a Yankee laid him in his grave
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
All the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
All the people were singing
They went, ""La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la""
The night they drove old Dixie down
All the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
All the people were singing
They went, ""La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la""