Burn Down the Night

Virgil Caine is the name And I served on the Danville train 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came And they tore up the tracks again In the winter of '65 We were hungry, just barely alive By May the tenth, Richmond had fell It's a time I remember, oh so well The night they drove Old Dixie down And all her bells were ringing The night they drove Old Dixie down And all the people were singin', they went, na na na Back with my wife in Tennessee When one day she called to me Said, "Virgil, quick, come see There goes Robert. E. Lee" Now, I don't mind choppin' wood And I don't care if my money's no good You take what you need and you leave the rest But they should never have taken the very best The night they drove Old Dixie down And all her bells were ringing The night they drove Old Dixie down And all the people were singin', they went, na na na Like my father before me I will work the land And like my brother up above me Who took a rebels stand He was just eighteen, proud and brave But a Yankee laid him in his grave And 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 When all her bells were ringing The night they drove Old Dixie down And all the people were singin', they went, na na na The night they drove Old Dixie down When all her bells were ringing The night they drove Old Dixie down And you could hear 'em all singin', they went, na na na