Old Down

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Virgil Caine is my name, and I served on the Danville train, 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again. In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive. By May 10th, Richmond had fell, It was a time I remember, oh so well. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down all the bells were ringing 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, Back with my wife in Tennessee, and one day she called to me "Virgil, quick, come see, there goes the the Robert E. Lee!" Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the 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 all the bells were ringing 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, Like my father before me, I'm a working man, And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand. Well, he was just eighteen, proud and brave, But 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 all the bells were ringing 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, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down ...the bells were ringing 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,