Jerry Garcia Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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Jerry Garcia Band The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Jerry Garcia Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Lyrics

Artist: Jerry Garcia Band
Song: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
‘Til Stoneman’s cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of ’65
We was hungry, just barely alive

By May 10th, Richmond fell
It was a time I remember oh so well
The night they drove old Dixie down
All the bells were ringing

The night they drove old Dixie down
All the people were singing, they went
La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la
Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she called to me

“Virgil, quick come see, there goes Robert E. Lee”
I don’t mind chopping wood
And I don’t care if the money’s no good
Take what you need and leave the rest

They should never have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down
All the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down

All the people were singing
La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la
The night they drove old Dixie down
All the bells were ringing

The night they drove old Dixie down
All the people were singing
La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la
Like my father before me, I’m a peaceful man

Like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
Just eighteen, proud and brave
When a Yankee laid him in his grave
Swear by the blood that runs on my feet

You can’t raise a Cain back up when he’s in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down
All the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down

All the people were singing
La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la
The night they drove old Dixie down
The night they drove old Dixie down

La, la-la-la-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la
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Release Year: 2017