Virgil Cane is my name and I served on the Denville train
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Till Stoneman's calvary came and tore up the tracks again
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In the winter of '65 we were hungry just barely alive
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I made 10th to Richmond that fell it was the time that I remember oh so well
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The night they drove old Dixie down and all the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down and all the people were singing
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They went la la la la la
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[ guitar ]
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Back with my wife in Tennessee well one day she called to me
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Virgil quick come see that there goes Robert E Lee
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Now I don't mind choppin' woods and I don't care if the money's no good
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Yopu take what you need and leave the rest
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But they sould never have taken the very best
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The night they drove...
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[ guitar ]
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Like my father before me I'm a working man
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And like my brother that'll love me he took the rebel stand
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But he was just eighteen proud and brave and a yankee laid him in his grave
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The night they drove...
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Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
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| The Buck Owen's Buckaroos |
