Couldn't resist. Hope I get it right from memory:
Virgiel Cain is the name and I served on the Danville train.
Till Stonewalls Calvary came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of '65 we was hungry, just barely alive.
May the tenth in Ridgemond it fell,
It's a time I remember oh so well.
The night they drove ole' Dixie down all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove ole Dixie down, All the people were singin'
They went na,na na na na na. Na na na na na na naaaaaaaa.
Like my father before me, I'm a peaceful man.
Like my brother before me I took a rebels stand.
Just eighteen and proud and brave
When a yankee laid him in his grave.
I swore by the blood before my feet,
You can't raise a Cain back up when he's in defeat.
Back with my wife in Tennessee
One day she came to me.
Virgil, quick come see,
There goes the Robert E. Lee.
Now I don't mind choppin 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.
The night they drove ole dixie down.............
Blah, blah, blah. I don't thing anyone is out there that even cares. We all know it by heart anyhow. Dulane, if you're there. There's a bit of Dixie in all of us! Do you know the song "Rose of Alabama"? It's an oldie but a goodie. |
