The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Lyrics in English Joan Baez
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by Joan Baez from Spanish to English.
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Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train
Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
I took the train to Richmond that fell
I took the train to Richmond that fell
It was a time I remember, so well
It was a time I remember, so well
The night they drove old Dixie down
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
And all the people were singing
They went, 'Na, na, na, na, na, na
They went, 'Na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, nada
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, nothing
Back with my wife in Tennessee
Back with my wife in Tennessee
And one day she said to me
And one day she said to me
'Virgil, quick! Come see
'Virgil, quick! Come see
There goes Robert E. Lee'
There goes Robert E. Lee'
Now I don't mind, I'm chopping wood
Now I don't mind, I'm chopping wood
And I don't care if the money's no good
And I don't care if the money's no good
Just take what you need and leave the rest
Just take what you need and leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best
But they should never have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
And all the people were singing
They went, 'Na, na, na, na, na, na
They went, 'Na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, nada
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, nothing
Like my father before me, I'm a working man
Like my father before me, I'm a working man
And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
Well, he was just eighteen, proud and brave
Well, he was just eighteen, proud and brave
But a yankee laid him in his grave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood below my feet
I swear by the blood below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
You can't raise Caine back up when he's in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
And all the people were singing
They went, 'Na, na, na, na, na, na
They went, 'Na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, nada
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, nothing
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