Jerry Garcia Band
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks againIn the winter of sixty-fiveWe were hungry just barely aliveBy May tenth Richmond had fellIt was a time I remember oh so wellThe night they drove old Dixie downAnd the bells were ringingThe night they drove old Dixie downAnd the people were singing, they wentLa la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, laLike my father before me I will work the land (note 1)And like my brother above me who took a rebel standHe was just eighteen, proud and braveWhen a Yankee laid him in his graveI swear by the mud below my feetYou can't raise a Cain back up when he's in defeatThe night they drove old Dixie downAnd the bells were ringingThe night they drove old Dixie downAnd the people were singing, they wentLa la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, laSongtexteBack with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me (note 2)Virgil, quick come see, there goes Robert E LeeNow I don't mind choppin' woodAnd I don't care if the money's no goodYou take what you need and you keep the restBut they should never have taken the very bestThe night they drove old Dixie downAnd the bells were ringingThe night they drove old Dixie downAnd the people were singing, they wentLa la la la la la, la la la la la la la la, la
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