Virgil Caine is my name And I drove on the Danville train 'Til so much cavalry came And tore up the tracks again In the winter of sixty-five We were hungry, just barely alive I took the train to Richmond that fell It's 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 Laaaaaa, la-la-la-laaaaaa La-la, la-la La-la-la-laaaaaa
Back with my wife in Tenessee And one day she said to me Virgil, quick come see There goes the Robert E Lee Now, I don't mind I'm choppin' wood And I don't care if my money's no good Just 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 Laaaaaa, la-la-la-laaaaaa La-la, la-la La-la-la-laaaaaa
Like my father before me I'm a working man And like my brother before me I took a rebel stand Well, he was just 18, proud and brave But a yankee laid him in his grave I swear by the blood below my feet You can't raise the Caine back up When it'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 Laaaaaa, la-la-la-laaaaaa La-la, la-la La-la-la-laaaaaa
Virgil Caine is my name And I drove on the Danville train 'Til so much cavalry came And tore up the tracks again In the winter of sixty-five We were hungry, just barely alive I took the train to Richmond that fell It's 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 Laaaaaa, la-la-la-laaaaaa La-la, la-la La-la-la-laaaaaa
Back with my wife in Tenessee And one day she said to me Virgil, quick come see There goes the Robert E Lee Now, I don't mind I'm choppin' wood And I don't care if my money's no good Just 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 Laaaaaa, la-la-la-laaaaaa La-la, la-la La-la-la-laaaaaa
Like my father before me I'm a working man And like my brother before me I took a rebel stand Well, he was just 18, proud and brave But a yankee laid him in his grave I swear by the blood below my feet You can't raise the Caine back up When it'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 Laaaaaa, la-la-la-laaaaaa La-la, la-la La-la-la-laaaaaa
