Virgil Caine is the name
and I served on the Danville train
Til Stoneman s cavalry
came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of 65
We were hungryjust barely alive.
By May the tenthRichmond had fell
it s a time I rememberoh so well
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
and the bells were ringing
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
and the people were singin .
They went
LaLaLaLaLaLa
LaLaLaLaLaLa
LaLa
Back with my wife in Tennessee
When one day she called to me
"Virgilquickcome see
there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don t mind choppin wood
and I don t care if the 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 ringing
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
and the people were singin .
Like my father before me
I will work the land
Like my brother above me
who took a rebel stand.
He was just eighteenproud and brave
But 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.

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