The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

And all the people were singin'
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
We were hungry, just barely alive

Na na na
He was just eighteen, proud and brave
In the winter of '65

Na na na
They went

But they should never have taken the very best

The night they drove old Dixie down

They went
The night they drove old Dixie down
And they tore up the tracks again
When one day she called to me
And all the people were singin'
And I swear by the mud below my feet
The night they drove old Dixie down
They went
Na na na
And all the bells were ringing
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
The night they drove old Dixie down
They went
The night they drove old Dixie down
The night they drove old Dixie down
Till Stoneman's cavalry came
Na na na

Now I don't mind choppin' wood
And all the bells were ringing
Back with my wife in Tennessee
Na na na
And all the bells were ringing

And all the bells were ringing
Said, "Virgil, quick, come see
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
Na na na
The night they drove old Dixie down
The night they drove old Dixie down
There goes the Robert E. Lee"
And all the people were singin'

It's a time I remember, oh, so well
Na na na
And all the people were singin'
Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
And I don't care if the money's no good