the night they drove old dixie down

virgil caine is the name

and i served on the danville train

'till stoneman's cavalry came

and tore up the tracks again

in the winter of '65

we were hungry

just barely alive

by may the 10th

richmond had fell

it's a 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

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