Joan Baez -The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Lyrics

Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Lyrics

Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train
‘Til Stoneman's calvary came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of ’65, we were hungry, just barely alive
I took the train to Richmond that fell
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’ and they went
Na na-ah na na na-ah
Na na na na na na-ah na-ah na

Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she said to me
“Virgil quick, come see, there goes the Robert E. Lee”
Now I don’t mind them choppin’ wood and I don’t care if the money’s no good
Just take what ya need and leave the rest
But 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’ and they went
Na na-ah na na na-ah
Na na na na na na-ah na-ah na

Like my father before me, I’m a working man
Like my brother before me, I took the 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
And all the bells were ringin’
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin’ and they went
Na na-ah na na na-ah
Na na na na na na-ah na-ah na.

Music & lyrics: Robbie Robertson