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Virgil Caine is my name,
And I drove on the Danville train,
'Til so much 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, that fell,
It was 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, la, la, la, la, la, la
Back with my wife in Tennessee,
And when one day she called 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.
Just take what ya need and 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, la, la, la, la, la, la
Like my father before me, I'm a working man,
And like my brother before 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 blood 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, la, la, la, la, la, la
-- Fade --
Translate to:
Virgil Caine is my name,
And I drove on the Danville train,
'Til so much 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, that fell,
It was 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, la, la, la, la, la, la
Back with my wife in Tennessee,
And when one day she called 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.
Just take what ya need and 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, la, la, la, la, la, la
Like my father before me, I'm a working man,
And like my brother before 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 blood 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, la, la, la, la, la, la
-- Fade --