Virgil Caine is the name   I served on the Danville Train   So much cavalry came   And tore up the tracks again      In the summer of sixty-five   We were hungry just barely alive   By May the tenth, Richmond had fell   It's a time I remember so well      The night they drove old Dixie down   And the bells were ringin'   The night they drove old Dixie down   And the people were singin'      They went la, na, na, na, na, na   La, na, na, na, na, na, na, na      Back home in Tennessee   My wife called out for me   Say Virgil come quick and see   There goes Robert E Lee      I don't mind choppin' wood   And I don't care if da money ain't good   You take what you need and save the rest   But they should never have taken the very best      The night they drove old Dixie down   And the bells were ringin'   The night they drove old Dixie down   And the people were singin'      They went la, na, na, na, na, na   La, na, na, na, na, na, na, na      Like my father before me   He was a workin' man   Like my brother above me   He took a rebel's stand      He was just eighteen proud and brave   When a Yankee laid him in his grave   I swear by the blood beneath my feet   You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat      The night they drove old Dixie down   And the bells were ringin'   The night they drove old Dixie down   And the people were singin'      They went la, na, na, na, na, na   La, na, na, na, na, na, na, na      The night they drove old Dixie down   And the bells were ringin'   The night they drove old Dixie down   And the people were singin'      They went la, na, na, na, na, na   La, na, na, na, na, na, na, na