The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Shayne Zucker
Does anyone have the lyrics to The Band's "The Night They Drove Old
Dixie Down"? Thanks in advance.
Shayne
Gunnar Hedlund
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Does anyone have the lyrics to The Band's "The Night They Drove Old
Dixie Down"? Thanks in advance.
Shayne
from the Band homepage
http://theband.hiof.no/
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
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by J.R.Robertson. Album: The Band
© 1970 Canaan Music, Inc.
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Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train,
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive.
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so
well,
(Chorus)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin'. They
went
Back with my wife in Tennessee, 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.
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,
But they should never have taken the very best. (Chorus)
Like my father before me, I will work the land,
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand.
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, But a Yankee laid him in his
grave,
I swear by the mud below my feet,
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat. (Chorus and
fade)
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If you´re into the Band, visit their site
mentioned in the beginning. Really good stuff.
Peace, Gunnar