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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Tanya Tucker
Virgil Cane is my name and I drove on the Danville train,
Till so much cavalary came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of sixty five, we were hungry, just barely alive.
I took the train to Richmond myself,
It was 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, na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na, na,na,na, na, na.
Back with my wife in Tennesse, 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 my moneys no good,
Just take what you need and leave the rest,
But they should have never 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, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Like my father before me, I'm a working man,
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 blood 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, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
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