Virgil Cane is
my name
And I drove on
the Banville train
Till so much
cavalry 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 F.L.
It's a time I remember
oh so well
The night they
drove old Dixie down
And all the bells
were ringing
The night they drove
old Dixie down
And all the people
were singing
They went
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na...
Back with my wife
in Tennessee
And one day she
said to me
Virgil, quick come see
There goes
Robert E Lee
Now I don't mind 'em
chopping 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
And all the bells
were ringing
The night they drove
old Dixie down
And all the people
were singing
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
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
the cane back up
When it's in the beet
The night they
drove old Dixie down
And all the bells
were ringing
The night they drove
old Dixie down
And all the people
were singing
They went
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na...