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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Live at Madison Square Garden, NYC, November 15, 1991)
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Jerry Garcia Band
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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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