The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Lyrics - Sophie B. Hawkins

Virgil Cain is my name 

And I served on the Danville train 

Till Stoneman's cavalry came 

And tore up the tracks again 

In the winter of '65 

We were hungry, just barely alive 

I took the train to Richmond had fell 

It was 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, "La la la la la la 

La la la la la la la la la" 

Back with my wife in Tennessee 

One day she came to me 

"Virgil, look come see 

There goes Robert E. Lee" 

Well, I don't mind chopping wood 

And I don't care if the money's no good 

But you take what you need and leave the rest 

And 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, "La la la la la la 

La la la la la la la la la" 

Like my father before me 

I am a working man 

And like my brother above 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 beneath my feet 

You can't raise the cane back up when it'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 

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