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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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[Verse]
AmVirgil Caine is my Cname
And I Fserved on the Danville Amtrain
'CTill Stoneman's Amcavalry came
And tFore up the tracks agAmain
[Verse]
FIn the winter of '6C5
WAme were hungry, jFust barely Amalive
FBy May the 10th, AmRichmond had fell
It's a tCime I reAmmember, oh so Dwell
[Chorus]
The Cnight they dAmrove old DFixie dCown
And the beAmlls were ringing
The nCight they dAmrove old DFixie dCown
And the peAmople were singing
They went, "CNa, na, na, na, Amna, na na
DNa, na, na, Fna, na, na na"
[Verse]
AmBack with my wife in CTennessee
When one Fday she called to Amme
FSaid "Virgil, qAmuick, come see, Virgil,
FThere goes the Robert E. LeAme!"
[Verse]
FNow, I don't mind Cchopping wood
And AmI don't care if the moFney's no good
You Amtake what you need
And you Fleave the rest
But they Cnever should
Have Amtaken the very Dbest
[Chorus]
The Cnight they dAmrove old DFixie dCown
And the beAmlls were ringing
The nCight they dAmrove old DFixie dCown
And the peAmople were singing
They went, "CNa, na, na, na, Amna, na na
DNa, na, na, Fna, na, na na"
[Verse]
AmLike my father beCfore me
FI will work the Amland
CAnd like my brother aAmbove me
FWho took a rebel Amstand
He was Fjust 18, Cproud and brave
But a AmYankee laid him Fin his grave
I Amswear by the mud beFlow my feet
You Ccan't raise a Caine back Amup
When he's in deDfeat
[Chorus]
The Cnight they Amdrove old FDixie Cdown
And the Ambells were ringing
The Cnight they Amdrove old FDixie Cdown
And the Ampeople were singing
They went, "CNa, na, na, na, Amna, na na
DNa, na, na, Fna, na, na na"
[Chorus]
The Cnight they Amdrove old FDixie Cdown
And the Ambells were ringing
The Cnight they Amdrove old FDixie Cdown
And the Ampeople were singing
They went, "CNa, na, na, na, Amna, na na
DNa, na, na, Fna, na, na na"
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