The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Na na na
And all the bells were ringing
But they should never have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down

He was just eighteen, proud and brave
They went
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
Said, "Virgil, quick, come see
We were hungry, just barely alive
And they tore up the tracks again
Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man

The night they drove old Dixie down
Na na na
And all the bells were ringing
And all the bells were ringing
Till Stoneman's cavalry came
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing

And all the people were singin'

They went
There goes the Robert E. Lee"
Na na na
And all the people were singin'
And I swear by the mud below my feet

When one day she called to me
And I don't care if the money's no good
And all the people were singin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
Back with my wife in Tennessee
Na na na
Na na na
The night they drove old Dixie down
It's a time I remember, oh, so well

You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
And all the people were singin'
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
The night they drove old Dixie down

Now I don't mind choppin' wood
They went

Na na na
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
Na na na
The night they drove old Dixie down
They went
The night they drove old Dixie down

In the winter of '65