v.1
^AmVirgil ^CCaine is my name, and I ^Fserved on the Danville ^Amtrain
^CTil Stoneman's ^Amcavalry came, and ^Ftore up the tracks a^Amgain
^FIn the winter of ^Csixty-five, we were ^Amhungry, just ^Fbarely alive
^AmBy May the 10th ^FRichmond had fell, it was a ^Ctime I re^Ammember oh so ^Dwell

Chorus:
The ^Cnight they ^Fdrove ol' Dixie ^Cdown
An all the ^Ambells were ringin'
The ^Cnight they ^Fdrove ol' Dixie ^Cdown
An' all the ^Ampeople were singin'
They went ^Cna na-na ^Amna-na na...
^DNa-na na-na na-^Fna-na-na...

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

Rpt. Ch.

v.3
Like my father before me, I'm a workin man
An' like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
Well he was just eighteen, proud and brave, but 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

Rpt. Ch.