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THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
Joan Baez
Written by J. Robbie
Robertson
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 SIXTY-FIVE, WE WERE HUNGRY, JUST BARELY ALIVE.
BY MAY THE TENTH,
RICHMOND HAD FELL;
IT'S A TIME I REMEMBER OH, SO WELL...
THE NIGHT
THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
AND ALL THE BELLS WERE RINGIN',
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-LA.
BACK WITH MY WIFE IN
TENNESSEE, WHEN ONE DAY SHE CALLED TO ME,
"VIRGIL, QUICK, COME SEE: THERE
GOES THE ROBERT E. LEE!"
NOW, I DON'T MIND CHOPPIN' WOOD, AND I DON'T CARE
IF MY MONEY'S NO GOOD.
JUST TAKE WHAT YOU 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 RINGIN',
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-LA.
LIKE MY FATHER BEFORE
ME, I WILL WORK THE LAND.
AND, LIKE MY BROTHER BEFORE ME, I TOOK A REBEL
STAND.
HE WAS JUST 18, PROUD AND BRAVE, WHEN 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.
THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN
AND ALL THE
BELLS WERE RINGIN',
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-LA.
From: "Roy T. O'Conner"
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