The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Virgil Kane was my name and I drove on the Danville train

'Til too much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again

In the winter of '65, we were hungry and just barely alive

I took the train to Richmond that fella bought the town

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 Tennessee, one day she said to me

Virgil, quick come see, there goes Robert E. Lee

Well, 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

They should never have 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 workin' man

Like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand

For 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

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

Virgil Kane was my name and I drove on the Danville train

'Til too much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again