The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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     Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train 
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     'Til Stoneman's Calvery came and tore up the tracks again 
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     In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive 
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     By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well 

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing 
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin'.  They went 
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     Back with my wife in Tennessee, When one day she called to me 
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"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee" 
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Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good 
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Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest 
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But they never should have taken the very best 

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the bells were ringing 
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the people were singin'.  They went 
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La, La, La,   La, La, La,     La, La, La, La, La,    La, La, La, La 
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Like my father before me, I will work the land 
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Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand 
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He was just eighteen, proud and brave,  But a Yankee laid him in his grave 
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I swear by the mud below my feet 
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You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat 

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the bells were ringing 
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the people were singin'.  They went 
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La, La, La,   La, La, La,     La, La, La, La, La,    La, La, La, La 

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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the bells were ringing 
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the people were singin'.  They went 
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La, La, La,   La, La, La,     La, La, La, La, La,    La, La, La, La 
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing 
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin'.  They went 
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La, La, La,   La, La, La,     La, La, La, La, La,    La, La, La, La