Key: C
Introduction: C
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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 again
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In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive
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By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, 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'
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They went: Naah, na, na, naah, na, na Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na, na [Link 2)
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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 the 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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Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
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But they should never have taken the very best
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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'
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They went: Naah, na, na, naah, na, na
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Na, na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na (Link 3)
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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
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You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
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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'
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They went: Naah, na, na, naah, na, na
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Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na (Link 4)
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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'.
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They went: Naah, na, na, naah, na, na Na, na, na, na, naah, na, na, na [Link 2)