Joan Baez — The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

[Verse 1] Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train Till so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again In the winter of 'sixty-five, we were hungry, just barely alive I took the train to Richmond that fell It was a time I remember, oh, so well [Chorus] The night they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringin' The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singin' They went: La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la [Verse 2] Back with my wife in Tennessee And one day she said to me Virgil, quick come see There goes the 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 leave the rest But they should never have taken the very best [Chorus] The night they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringin' The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singin' They went: La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la [Verse 3] Like my father before me, I'm a working man And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand Oh, 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 a Caine back up when he's in defeat [Chorus] The night they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringin' The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singin' They went: La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la