#383 NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN, THE
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eVirgil GCain is my name and I Cdrove on the eDanville train
GTill Stoneman's ecavalry came and Ctore up the etracks again
CIn the winter of G'65, we were ehungry, just Cbarely alive
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I drove a train to Richmond, Nefelle. It was a time I remember very well
The Gnight they edrove old CDixie Gdown, and all the ebells were ringin'
The Gnight they edrove old CDixie Gdown, and all the epeople were singin', (they went)
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"Naa na-na naa na-na, na-naa na-naa na-naa naa na-naa na-na-naa"
Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she said to me
"Virgil, quick come see, there goes the Robert E Lee."
Now. I don't mind choppin' 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 Gnight they edrove old CDixie Gdown, and all the ebells were ringin'
The Gnight they edrove old CDixie Gdown, and all the epeople were singin', (they went)
Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man
Like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand
He was eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood beneath my feet, you can't raise a Cain back up when he's in defeat.
The Gnight they edrove old CDixie Gdown, and all the ebells were ringin'
The Gnight they edrove old CDixie Gdown, and all the epeople were singin', (they went)
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