The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down-The Band

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Live At The Academy Of Music) - The Band Written by：Robbie Robertson Virgil Kane is the name And I served on the Danville train Till Stoneman's cavalry came And tore up the tracks again In the winter of 65 We were hungry just barely alive By May the 10th Richmond had fell It's a time I remember oh so well The night they drove old Dixie down And the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singing They went Na Back with my wife in Tennessee When one day she called to me Virgil quick come see There goes Robert E Lee Now I don't mind chopping wood And I don't care if the 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 the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singing They went Na na Like my father before me I will work the land And like my brother above me Who took a rebel stand He was just 18 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 Kane 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 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