The night the drove old Dixie down
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1. Virgil Kane is my name and I drove on the Danville train
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'til Stonewall's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
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In the winter of '65 I was hungry, just barely alive
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By May the tenth Richmond had fell. It was a time I remember oh so well.
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Refr. The night they drove old Dixie down and all the bells were ringing
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the night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing.
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They went: Na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na.
2. Back with my wife in Tennessee and one day she said 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 you need and leave the rest but they should never have taken the very best.
Refr. 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 singing.
They went: Na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na.
3. Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
and like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand.
Well, he was just eighteen, young and brave, when a yankee laid him in his grave.
I swear by the blood below my feet, you don't raise a cain back up when it's in defeat.
Refr. 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 singing.
They went: Na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na.