Virgil Caine is the name and served on the Danville train.
The storeman's cavalery came and tore up the tracks again.
In the summer of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive.
By May the 10th Richmond had fell.
The time I remember oh so well.
The night they drove old Dixie down.
And the bells were ringing.
The night they drove old Dixie down.
And the people were singing.
They went la ..... la, la, la, la, la .....

Back home in Tennessee my wife called out to me.
Said Virgil come quick and see, there goes Robert E. Lee.
I don't mind chopping wood.
And I don't care if the money ain't good.
You take what you need and save the rest.
But they should never have taken the very best.
The night they drove old Dixie down.
And the bells were ringing.
The night they drove old Dixie down.
And the people were singing.
They went la ..... la, la, la, la, la .....

Like my father before me, he was a workin' man.
Like my brother above me, he took a rebel stand.
Was just 18, proud and brave.
When a Yankee laid him in his grave.
I swept out the blood beneath my feet.
You can't raise a Caine back up when it's in defeat.
The night they drove old Dixie down.
And the bells were ringing.
The night they drove old Dixie down.
And the people were singing.
They went la ..... la, la, la, la, la .....
The night they drove old Dixie down.
And the bells were ringing.
The night they drove old Dixie down.
And the people were singing.
They went la ..... la, la, la, la, la .....