The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

They went
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
And all the bells were ringing

And they tore up the tracks again
The night they drove old Dixie down
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
Said, "Virgil, quick, come see
The night they drove old Dixie down
Na na na
The night they drove old Dixie down
And I swear by the mud below my feet
Na na na
And all the people were singin'
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
We were hungry, just barely alive
The night they drove old Dixie down
Na na na
And all the people were singin'
Till Stoneman's cavalry came

They went
The night they drove old Dixie down
Now I don't mind choppin' wood
When one day she called to me
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
And all the people were singin'
The night they drove old Dixie down

Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
And all the bells were ringing

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

There goes the Robert E. Lee"

In the winter of '65
They went
Back with my wife in Tennessee
He was just eighteen, proud and brave
And all the bells were ringing

Na na na

And all the bells were ringing
Na na na
It's a time I remember, oh, so well
Na na na
But they should never have taken the very best
Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
The night they drove old Dixie down
They went