The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Johnny Cash

[Verse 1]
Virgil Caine is my name, and I served on the Danville Train
Until Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65 we were hungry, just barely alive
By May tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well

[Chorus]
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singing
They went na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

[Verse 2]
Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she said to me
Virgil, quick, come see, Virgil, there goes Robert E. Lee!
Now I don't mind chopping wood, and I don't care if the money's no good
Just take what you need, and you leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

[Chorus]
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singing
They went na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

[Verse 3]
Like my father before me, I will work the land
Like my brother above me, he took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, and a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat