The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down |
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| Virgil Cain is my name
And I drove on the Danville train Till Stoneman's cavalry came And tore up the tracks again In the winter of '65 We were hungry, just barely alive I drove a train to Richmond, Nefelle It was a time I remember very 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' Naa na-na naa na-na, Na-naa na-naa Na-naa naa na-naa naa Back with my wife in Tennessee One day she said to me "Virgil, quick come see, There goes the Robert E Lee." Now I don't mind choppin' wood And I don't care if the money's no good You take what you need and you leave the rest But they should never have taken the very best Like my father before me I'm a workin' man Like my brother above me I took a rebel stand He was eighteen, proud and brave But a Yankee laid him in his grave I swear by the blood beneath my feet You can't raise a Cain back up when he's in defeat |
NotesLive history
"" has been performed live a total of times.
First known performance:
1971-09-01, Long Branch, NJ
The Bruce Springsteen Band
Last known performance:
1971-09-01, Long Branch, NJ
The Bruce Springsteen Band
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