Til so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive.
I took the train to Richmond that fell, it was a time I remember, oh so well,
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 singin'.
They went
Na,
Na, na, na, na, na,
Na, na, na, na, na, na,
Na, na
Back with my wife in Tennessee, and one day she said to me,
"Virgil, quick, come see, a-there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good.
Just take what ya need and leave the rest,
But they should never have taken the very best.
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 singin'.
They went
Na,
Na, na, na, na, na,
Na, na, na, na, na, na,
Na, na
Like my father before me, I'm a working man,
And 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 blood below my feet,
You can't raise the Caine back up when its in defeat.
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 singin'.
They went
Na,
Na, na, na, na, na,
Na, na, na, na, na, na,
Na, na