The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Songtext
von Bob Dylan

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 10 Richmond had fell, it′s a time I remember, oh so well

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin', they went

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 the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin′, they went

Like my father before me, I will work the land
And like my brother up above me, who took a rebel stand
He was just 18, 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
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin', they went

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And hear the sheer mob were singin′, they went