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Virgil Caine is the name and served on the Danville train.
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The storeman's cavalery came and tore up the tracks again.
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In the summer of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive.
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By May the 10th Richmond had fell.
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The time I remember oh so well.
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The night they drove old Dixie down.
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And the bells were ringing.
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The night they drove old Dixie down.
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And the people were singing.
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They went la ..... la, la, la, la, la .....

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Back home in Tennessee my wife called out to me.
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Said Virgil come quick and see, there goes Robert E. Lee.
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I don't mind chopping wood.
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And I don't care if the money ain't good.
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You take what you need and save the rest.
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But they should never have taken the very best.
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The night they drove old Dixie down.
         Em         A7
And the bells were ringing.
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The night they drove old Dixie down.
         Em         A7
And the people were singing.
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They went la ..... la, la, la, la, la .....

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Like my father before me, he was a workin' man.
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Like my brother above me, he took a rebel stand.
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Was just 18, proud and brave.
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When a Yankee laid him in his grave.
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I swept out the blood beneath my feet.
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You can't raise a Caine back up when it's in defeat.
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The night they drove old Dixie down.
         Em         A7
And the bells were ringing.
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The night they drove old Dixie down.
         Em         A7
And the people were singing.
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They went la ..... la, la, la, la, la .....
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The night they drove old Dixie down.
         Em         A7
And the bells were ringing.
     G           C              G
The night they drove old Dixie down.
         Em         A7
And the people were singing.
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They went la ..... la, la, la, la, la .....