Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, artist - Tanya Tucker.
Date of issue: 05.03.2019
Song language: English
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down |
Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train |
'til so much cavalry 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' |
They went, «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, I’m 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 ringin' |
The night they drove old Dixie down |
And all the people were singin' |
They went, «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 |
Oh, he was just 18, proud and brave |
But a yankee laid him in his grave |
I swear by the blood below my feet |
You can’t raise a Cane 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 |