Joan Baez -Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Virgil Caine is my 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 I took the train to Richmond had fell It's 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 singin' They went La la la la la la la la Back with my wife in Tennessee And one day she said 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 all the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singin' They went La la la la la la la la Like my father before me I'm a working man 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 mud below my feet You can't raise a Caine back up when he'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 singin' They went La la la la la la la la
[00:00.111]Joan Baez -Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [00:10.41]Virgil Caine is my name [00:12.281]And I served on the Danville train [00:16.961]'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again [00:24.201]In the winter of '65 [00:27.391]We were hungry just barely alive [00:31.631]I took the train to Richmond had fell [00:34.401]It's a time I remember oh so well [00:41.941]The night they drove old Dixie down [00:47.621]And all the bells were ringing [00:49.801]The night they drove old Dixie down [00:54.881]And all the people were singin' [00:57.01]They went [00:57.581]La la la la la la la la [01:14.171]Back with my wife in Tennessee [01:17.851]And one day she said to me [01:22.541]Virgil quick come see there goes Robert E Lee [01:29.01]Now I don't mind choppin'wood [01:32.621]And I don't care if the money's no good [01:36.361]Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest [01:39.861]But they should never have taken the very best [01:47.610]The night they drove old Dixie down [01:52.660]And all the bells were ringing [01:54.910]The night they drove old Dixie down [01:59.900]And all the people were singin' [02:01.910]They went [02:02.530]La la la la la la la la [02:19.710]Like my father before me [02:23.160]I'm a working man [02:26.780]Like my brother above me [02:30.411]I took a rebel stand [02:33.151]He was just eighteen proud and brave [02:37.141]But a Yankee laid him in his grave [02:40.771]I swear by the mud below my feet [02:44.11]You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat [02:51.451]The night they drove old Dixie down [02:57.01]And all the bells were ringing [02:59.61]The night they drove old Dixie down [03:04.241]And all the people were singin' [03:06.181]They went [03:07.171]La la la la la la la la
