The Black Crowes,The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,1865 "tore up the tracks" - again

Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train,
'Til Stonewall's cavalry came and 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 the bells were ringing,
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the people were singin',
They went Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na,
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na

Back with my wife in Tennessee, When one day she called to me,
"Virgil, quick, come and see, there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don't mind choppin' wood,
and I don't care if the money's no good.
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,
But they should never have taken the very best.

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the people were singin',
They went Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na,
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na

Like my father before me, I will work the land,
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand.
He was just eighteen, proud and brave,
But a Yankee laid him in his grave,
I swear by the mud below my feet,
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.


Complete 15 floor Chinese hotel built in six days, timelapse in 2: minutes,16 seconds - history changes in the blink of an eye.
.. just like what happened in North America
.. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,1865 "tore up the tracks" again

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[EarthScot]

Complete 15 floor Chinese hotel built in six days, timelapse in 2: minutes,16 seconds - history changes in the blink of an eye.

.. just like what happened in North America

.. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,1865 "tore up the tracks" again

[Jack T]

NOT "Stonewall's cavalry" it's "STONEMAN's Cavalry" - BIG difference!



[William Maples]

Anyone who plays this song has to some amazing folks. They do a nice job with it.

[bigpapykane]

Yup, Stonewall Jackson was a confederate General, George Stoneman was a Union General and served as the 15th Governor of California!!

[thedudeoncouch]

Good song and my first name happens to be Virgil. Always hated it as a child, but have grown to like it, as it is an unique name and haven't met another man with the same name yet..

[hershysquirts187]

Mark Ford rules.

[ainttheolddays]

confirmed