Back with my wife in Tennessee and one day she said to me
The night they drove old Dixie down
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
But a yankee laid him in his grave
They went, "Na, na, na"
And all the people were singin'
And I don't care if the money's no good
The night they drove old Dixie down
But they should never have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
I swear by the blood below my feet
And all the bells were ringin'
They went, "Na, na, na"
The night they drove old Dixie down
The night they drove old Dixie down
Follow the bouncing arm
But he was just 18, proud and brave
Now I don't mind, I'm chopping wood
And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
Like my father before me, I'm a working man
And all the people were singin'
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee"
It was a time I remember, oh, so well
And all the people were singin'
I took the train to Richmond that fell
And all the bells were ringin'
Just take what you need and leave the rest
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
