The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Sophie B. Hawkins

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Sophie B. Hawkins

Sophie Ballantine Hawkins (born November 1, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and painter. Her biggest hits are "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover", "Right Beside You", and "As I Lay Me Down". more »


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2003
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Virgil Cain is my name
 And I served on the Danville train
 Till Stonewall's cavalry came
 And tore up the tracks again
 In the winter of '65
 We were hungry
 Just barely alive
 I took the train to Richmond had fell
 It was a time I remember oh so well

 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..."La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la"

 Back with my wife in Tennessee
 One day she came to me
 "Virgil, Look, come see! There goes Robert E. Lee!"
 Well I don't mind chopping wood
 And I don't care if the money's no good
 But you take what you need and leave the rest
 And they should never have taken the very best

 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..."La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la"

 Like my father before me
 I am a working man
 And like my brother above me
 I took a rebel stand
 He was just eighteen
 Proud and brave
 But a Yankee laid him in his grave
 I swear by the blood beneath my feet
 You can't raise the cane back up when it's in defeat

 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

 (La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la)
 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

 (La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la)
 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

 La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la la...

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Written by: Robbie Robertson

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