Virgil Cain is the name
I served on the Danville train
Till Stonewall'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
An d the people were singing,
they went
Na -na -na -na -na -na -na
Na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na
Back with my wife in Tennessee,
one day she called to me
Virgil, quick come see,
there goes the Robert E. Lee
I don't mind
them chopping wood,
and I don't care if the money's no good
You take what you need,
and you leave the rest
But they should never have
taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down
An d the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Like my father before me
I'm a -workin' there
Like my brother above me
I took a rebel's stand
Just 18, proud and brave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
I can't raise a cane back up
when he's in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down
All the bells were ringing
And all the people were
singing they went
na -na -na -na -na -na -na
Na -na -na -na -na -na -na -na
Na
Na na na na na na na