Virgil Cain is my name
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And I served on the Danville train
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Till Stoneman's cavalry came
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And tore up the tracks again
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In the winter of '65
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We were hungry
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Just barely alive
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I took the train to Richmond had fell
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It was a time I remember oh so well
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singing
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They went... "La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la"
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Back with my wife in Tennessee
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One day she came to me
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"Virgil, Look, come see! There goes Robert E. Lee!"
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Well I don't mind chopping wood
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And I don't care if the money's no good
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But you take what you need and leave the rest
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And they should never have taken the very best
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singing
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They went... "La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la"
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Like my father before me
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I am a working man
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And like my brother above me
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I took a rebel stand
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He was just eighteen
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Proud and brave
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But a Yankee laid him in his grave
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I swear by the blood beneath my feet
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You can't raise the cane back up when it's in defeat
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singing
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(La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la)
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singing
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(La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la)
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the bells were ringing
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The night they drove old Dixie down
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And all the people were singing
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La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la...
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
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| Sophie B. Hawkins |
