[00:09.33]Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
[00:16.38]'Til Stonewall's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
[00:23.70]In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
[00:32.04]By May the tenth, Richmond had fell
[00:34.02]It's a time I remember, oh, so well
[00:37.74]The night they drove old Dixie down
[00:46.95]And the bells were ringing
[00:48.87]The night they drove old Dixie down
[00:54.54]And the people were singin'
[00:55.95]They went la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
[01:13.71]Back with my wife in Tennessee
[01:17.22]When one day she said to me
[01:22.47]"Virgil, quick, come see
[01:24.87]There goes Robert E. Lee!"
[01:28.41]Now I don't mind 'em choppin' wood
[01:32.19]And I don't care if the money's no good
[01:35.70]Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
[01:39.39]But they should never have taken the very best
[01:47.43]The night they drove old Dixie down
[01:53.16]And the bells were ringing
[01:54.81]The night they drove old Dixie down
[02:00.81]And the people were singin'
[02:02.28]They went la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
[02:20.61]Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
[02:28.14]Like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand
[02:34.83]He was just eighteen, proud and brave
[02:38.82]But a Yankee laid him in his grave
[02:42.78]I swear by the mud below my feet
[02:46.02]You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
[02:51.09]The night they drove old Dixie down
[02:51.78]And the bells were ringing
[02:52.29]The night they drove old Dixie down
[02:53.07]And the people were singin'
[02:53.61]They went la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
[02:59.16]The night they drove old Dixie down
[03:00.09]And the bells were ringing
[03:02.01]The night they drove old Dixie down
[03:07.68]And the people were singin'
[03:09.18]They went la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
[03:15.15]The night they drove old Dixie down
[03:15.96]And the bells were ringing
[03:16.56]The night they drove old Dixie down
[03:17.64]And the people were singin'
[03:18.18]They went la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
[03:40.56]...

Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
'Til Stonewall'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
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 la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Back with my wife in Tennessee
When one day she said to me
"Virgil, quick, come see
There goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don't mind 'em 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
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 la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
Like my brother above 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 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 the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the people were singin'
They went la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
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 la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
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 la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
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