The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down lyrics by Joan Baez
=======================Song Title: THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
Artist: JOAN BAEZ
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Virgil Cain is my name
and I drove on the Danville train
Till Stoneman's cavalry came
and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of sixty~five,
we were hungry, just barely alive
I drove a train to Richmond, Nefelle.
It was a time I remember oh so well
The night they drove old Dixie down,
and all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down,
and all the people were singin', they went
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
Back with my wife in Tennessee,
one day she said to me
"Virgil, quick come see,
there goes the Robert E Lee"
Now, I don't mind 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 ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down,
and all the people were singin', they went
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
Like my father before me,
I'm a workin' man
And like my brother above me,
I took a rebel stand
and 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 a Cain back up
when he's in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down,
and all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down,
and all the people were singin', they went
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na
