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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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		Virgil	Caine is the name, and I	served on the	Danville	train,

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'	Til Stoneman's	Cavalry came and	tore up the	tracks a	gain.

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	In the winter of	SixtyFive, We were	hungry, just	barely alive.

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	By May the tenth	Richmond had fell, it's a	time I re	member, oh so	well,

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The	Night They	Drove Old Dixie	Down, and the	bells were ringing,

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The	Night They	Drove Old Dixie	Down, and the	people were singin'. They went

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	Na, La, La,	La, La, La,	Na, La, La, La, La, La,	La, La,

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	Back with my wife in	Tennessee, When	one day she	called to	me,

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	"Virgil,	quick, come see,	there goes	Robert E.	Lee.

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	Now I don't mind	choppin' wood, and	I don't care if the	money's no good.

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	You take what you need and you	leave the rest,

	C	Dm	D
But they	never should 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 the people were singin'. They went

Na, La, La, La, La, La, Na, La, La, La, La, La, La, La,

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	Like my father	before me,	I will	work the	land,

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	Like my brother	above me,	who took a	rebel	stand.

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	He was just eighteen,	proud and brave,	But a Yankee laid him	in his grave,

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	I swear by the mud	below my feet,

	C	Dm	D
You	can't raise a Caine back	up when he's in de	feat.

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin'. They went

Na, La, La, La, La, La, Na, La, La, La, La, La, La, La,

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing...