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Big Country The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7/10 [10 votes]Album: Why the Long Face / Original Release Date: 1995-06-12Genre: AlternativeSong Duration: 3 min 44 sec
BIG COUNTRY
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Lyrics / with translationsVirgil Caine is my name and I worked on the Danville
train
'Till Sherman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks
again
In the Winter of '65 we were hungry, just barely alive
By May the 10th Richmond had fell
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, nah, nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah...
Back with my wife in Tennessee
So one day she says to me
"Virgil, quick 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
You take what you can and leave the rest
But 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, nah, nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah...
Like my father before me
I will work the land
Like my brother below me
I took a rebel stand
He was just 18, proud and brave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud beneath my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he'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
They went, nah, nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah
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, nah, nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah
train
'Till Sherman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks
again
In the Winter of '65 we were hungry, just barely alive
By May the 10th Richmond had fell
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, nah, nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah...
Back with my wife in Tennessee
So one day she says to me
"Virgil, quick 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
You take what you can and leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best
The night they drove Old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
And all the people were singing
They went, nah, nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah...
Like my father before me
I will work the land
Like my brother below me
I took a rebel stand
He was just 18, proud and brave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud beneath my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he'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
They went, nah, nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah
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, nah, nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah
Facts about The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down is written by Robbie Robertson.
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It is first released on June 12, 1995 as part of Big Country's album "Why the Long Face" which includes 50 tracks in total.
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down falls under the genre Alternative.
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down song length is 3 minutes and 44 seconds.
Who wrote The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down lyrics?
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down is written by Robbie Robertson.
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When was The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down released?
It is first released on June 12, 1995 as part of Big Country's album "Why the Long Face" which includes 50 tracks in total.
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Which genre is The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down?
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down falls under the genre Alternative.
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How long is the song The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down?
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down song length is 3 minutes and 44 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Robbie RobertsonRecord Label(s): 2018 Cherry Red Records
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