The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Lyrics - Zac Brown Band

1 Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train

2 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again

3 In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive

4 By May the tenth, Richmond had fell

5 It was a time I remember, oh, so well

6 The night they drove old Dixie down

7 All the bells were ringing

8 The night they drove old Dixie down

9 And all the people were singin' they went

10 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na

11 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na

12 Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me

13 "Virgil, quick, come and see there goes Robert E. Lee"

14 Now I don't mind choppin' wood and I don't care if the money no good

15 You take what you need and you leave the rest

16 They should never have taken the very best

17 The night they drove old Dixie down

18 All the bells were ringing

19 The night they drove old Dixie down

20 And all the people were singin' they went

21 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na

22 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na

23 Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man

24 Like my brother before me, who took a rebel stand

25 He was just eighteen, proud and brave

26 When a Yankee laid him in his grave

27 I swear by the mud below my feet

28 You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat

29 The night they drove old Dixie down

30 All them bells were ringing

31 The night they drove old Dixie down

32 And all the people were singin' they went

33 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na

34 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na

35 The night they drove old Dixie down

36 All them bells were ringing

37 The night they drove old Dixie down

38 And all the people were singin' they went

39 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na

40 Na, na, na, na, na, na, na