The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down video free download


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From the 1978 film 'The Last Waltz'

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 were hungry, just barely alive.

By May tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well,

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, when all the bells were ringing,

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the people were singin'. They went,

Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na,

Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na,

Na, Na, Na,

Back with my wife in Tennessee, When one day she called to me,

Said "Virgil, quick, come and see, there goes the Robert E. Lee!"

Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good.

Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,

But they should never have taken the very best.

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, when all the bells were ringing,

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the people were singin'. They went,

Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na,

Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na,

Na, Na, Na,

Like my father before me, I will work the land,

And like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand.

He was just eighteen, proud and brave, But a Yankee laid him in his grave,

And I swear by the mud below my feet,

You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, when all the bells were ringing,

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all the people were singin'. They went,

Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na,

Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na,

Na, Na, Na,

Comments

8 years ago

Fp Maggio

*Virgil Cane is the name and I served on the Danville train*

8 years ago

Mello Phone

That pocket trumpet though.

8 years ago

Paul Krupa

Levon Helms could have just as well sang "na, na, na,na, na,na, na, na, na, na, na, na,na, na ,na na na," as any of that crap Robber Roberson says he wrote. If you ask me this song is ALL HELM!

8 years ago

Greg Noble

It's a shame that robbie stole the rights to all the songs... claiming to be the sole writer. It's obvious that Levon was the face of the band. Robbie was kind of a backup... probably the least talent in the band.

8 years ago

Timothy Blum

beautifull

8 years ago

Adolph Diddly

Stonewall not stoneman

8 years ago

Paul Abbott

Does Dixie celebrate ID4?

8 years ago

tfair5

Ive never never been sadder for a celebrity death.

8 years ago

Patrick Durham

Awesome version of a sad song.

8 years ago

john kyne

WHEN I WAS IN FRANKLIN AT CARTEN HOUSE A FORMER CONFEDERATE HOSPITAL HOUSE THAT THE CANTONS SUPPLIED -A IRISH PROTESTANT FAMILY RESIDENCE- I WAS S TRUCK BY THE P[ATHOS AND LATENT HORROR AND MORE THERE--SHOCKING STUFF--REALLYU BAD BADS...

8 years ago

Model a

Passion! real music!

8 years ago

Model a

Levon wow what a talent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 years ago

william slaughter

It's not like it used to be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 years ago

Bryce Maretzki

You will enjoy!

8 years ago

David Gregory

Confederate, Yankee, it only matters in the south, it only matters in the north, it doesn't matter to me

8 years ago

Vaggos Walker

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!

8 years ago

Powderfinger

A Canadian writing a song about the American Civil War. Sweet!

8 years ago

18winsagin

Gotta go to Richmond today ... always drive by the Confederate white house every time we go there. 

8 years ago

db cooper

if you love the south this song hits home

8 years ago

Paul Abbott

South

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