Virgil Caine is the name   And I served on the Danville train   'Til Stoneman's cavalry came   And they tore up the tracks again      In the winter of '65   We were hungry, just barely alive   By May the tenth, Richmond had fell   It's a time I remember, oh so well      The night they drove Old Dixie down   And all her bells were ringing   The night they drove Old Dixie down   And all the people were singin', they went, na na na      Back with my wife in Tennessee   When one day she called to me   Said, "Virgil, quick, come see   There goes Robert. E. Lee"      Now, I don't mind choppin' wood   And I don't care if my 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 her bells were ringing   The night they drove Old Dixie down   And all the people were singin', they went, na na na      Like my father before me   I will work the land   And like my brother up above me   Who took a rebels stand      He was just eighteen, 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 Caine back up when he's in defeat      The night they drove Old Dixie down   When all her bells were ringing   The night they drove Old Dixie down   And all the people were singin', they went, na na na      The night they drove Old Dixie down   When all her bells were ringing   The night they drove Old Dixie down   And you could hear 'em all singin', they went, na na na