Virgin Cane is my name and I served on the Denville train Till Stoneman's calvary came they tore up the tracks again In the winter of '65 we were hungry just barely alive I made 10th to Richmond that fell It was the time that 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 with na na na na na [ piano ] Back with my wife in Tennessee one day she said to me Virgil quick come see Virgil there goes Robert E Lee Now I don't mind the choppin' woods And I don't care if the money's no good Just take what you need and leave the rest But they never sould have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie... [ piano ] Like my father before me I have worked for land And like my brother above he took the rebel stand He was just eighteen proud and great and a yankee laid him in his grave I swear by the mud below my feet You can't raise a Cane back up when he's in defeat
