1. Virgil Cain is my name and I drove on the Donville train Till Stoneman`s cavalry came and tore up the tracks again In the winter ofsixtyfive, we were hungry, just barely alive I drove a train to Richmond, Nefelle It was time I remember very well R: 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 singing (they went:) Naa nana naa nana na naa na naa na naa naa na naa na na naa 2. Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she said to me: "Virgil, quick come see, there goes Robert E. Lee" Now, I don`t mind choppin` wood, and I don`t care if the money`s no good You take what you need and you leave the rest But they should never have taken the very best R: The night they drove... 3. Like my father before me, I`m working man Like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand He was eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave I swear by blood beneath my feet, you can`t raise a Cain back up when he`s in defeat R: The night they drove...