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 hungry just barely alive.
By May the tenth Richmond had fell
It's a time I remember oh 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
La La La La La La
La La La La La La
La La
Back with my wife in Tennessee
When one day she called to me
"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.
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 eighteen proud 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.
