The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Song The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Artist Joan Baez
Album The Best Of Folk Music

Lyrics

[00:09.850] Virgil Caine is my name
[00:11.920] And I drove on the Danville train
[00:16.340] 'Til so much cavalry came
[00:19.470] And tore up the tracks again
[00:24.100] In the winter of sixty-five
[00:27.600] We were hungry just barely alive
[00:31.520] I took the train to Richmond that fell
[00:34.460] It was a time I remember
[00:37.970] Oh so well
[00:41.900] The night they drove Old Dixie down
[00:47.720] And all the bells were ringin'
[00:49.840] The night they drove Old Dixie down
[00:55.300] And all the people were singin'
[00:56.730] They went
[00:57.970] La la la la la la
[01:01.500] La la la la la la
[01:04.420] La la la
[01:14.140] Back with my wife in Tenessee
[01:17.750] And one day she said to me
[01:22.300] Virgil quick come see
[01:25.250] There goes the Robert E Lee
[01:29.000] Now I don't mind I'm choppin' wood
[01:32.220] And I don't care if my money's no good
[01:36.220] Just take what you need and leave the rest
[01:39.660] But they should never have taken the very best
[01:47.200] The night they drove Old Dixie down
[01:52.690] And all the bells were ringin'
[01:54.800] The night they drove Old Dixie down
[02:00.340] And all the people were singin'
[02:02.190] They went
[02:02.910] La la la la la la
[02:05.600] La la la la la la
[02:08.600] La la la
[02:19.630] Like my father before me
[02:23.190] I'm a working man
[02:26.790] And like my brother before me
[02:30.420] I took a rebel stand
[02:33.160] Well, he was just 18, proud and brave
[02:37.900] But a yankee laid him in his grave
[02:40.870] I swear by the blood below my feet
[02:44.120] You can't raise the Caine back up
[02:47.700] When it's in defeat
[02:51.610] The night they drove Old Dixie down
[02:57.600] And all the bells were ringin'
[02:59.370] The night they drove Old Dixie down
[03:04.250] And all the people were singin'
[03:06.400] They went
[03:07.130] La la la la la la
[03:10.210] La la la la la la
[03:12.640] La la la