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The Night They Drawn All Dixie Down
Johnny Cash
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Virgil Caine is my name and I served on the Danville train
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
By May 10th, Richmond had fell and
It's a time that 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 singing
They went, "Na, na-na-na, na-na, na
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na"
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Back with my wife in Tennessee, and one day she said to me
"Virgil, quick, come see, Virgil, there goes Robert E. Lee"
Now I don't mind chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good
Just take what you need and you leave the rest
But they never should 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 singing
They went, "Na, na-na-na, na-na, na
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na"
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Like my father before me, I would work the land
Like my brother above me, he took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave
And 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
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 singing
They went, "Na, na-na-na, na-na, na
Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na"
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