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