6.

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Jaime Robertson

© Canaan Music, ASCAP

My name is Virgin Cane and I served on the Denville train
Till Stoneman's calvary came and tore up the tracks again
It was in the winter of '65 we were hungry just barely alive
I made 10th to Richmond that fell it's the time that I remember oh so well

The night they drove old Dixie down and all of them bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down and all them people were singing
They went na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Back with my wife in Tennessee one day she said to me
Virgil just quick come see there goes Robert E Lee
Yeah I don't mind the choppin' woods I don't care if the money's no good
Just take what you need and leave me the rest
But they never should have taken the very best

The night they drove old Dixie down and all of them bells were ringing...

Now like my father before me I would work the land
Like my brother above me I took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen he was young and brave but a yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You can't raise a Cane back up when he's in defeat

The night they drove old Dixie down and all of them bells were ringing...
The night they drove old Dixie down and all of them bells were ringing...

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