The Band, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

[E.E. Kuruoglu]

I need the words of 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' by The Band.
Will be grateful if someone could send it to me.

Thanks,
Ercan

[Robert E. Thomas]

In article <3e3cgi$g...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, e...@eng.cam.ac.uk (E.E.

WARNING: portions of the following may be incorrect, missing, or out
of order due to long-time mis-interpretation and/or fading memory..

Virgil Cain is my name, and I drove the Danville (?) train
'Till so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
It was in the Winter of 'sixty-five, 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
All the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
They went,
Na, na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na..

Now I don't mind 'em choppin' wood and I don't care if my money's no good
Take what you need and leave the rest but they never should have taken
What was the very best

(chorus)

Like my father before me I'm a workin' man
Like my brother before me I took a Rebel's stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave
When a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood that's below my feet
You can't raise a Cain back up ________________(?)

(chorus)

This is hard- you think that you probably know a song
until you try to write it down.

-RT