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[Verse 3] 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 I swear by ...
Find the lyrics of the song The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band, a protest song about the Civil War and its aftermath. Read the comments, tags, and song information on SongMeanings.com.
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Producer (s) John Simon. Audio. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by The Band on YouTube. " The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down " is a song written by Robbie Robertson and originally recorded by the Canadian-American roots rock group The Band in 1969 and released on their eponymous second album. Levon Helm provided the lead vocals.
A song written by J.R. Robertson and performed by Bob Dylan in 1974. It tells the story of Virgil Caine, a Confederate soldier who witnessed the fall of Richmond and the end of the Civil War.
The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singing They went, "Na, na, la, 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 18, proud and brave But a Yankee laid him in his grave I swear by the mud below my feet You can't raise a Caine back up When he's in ...
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin' they went. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me. "Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E Lee". Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good.
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By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, ohso well, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin', They went La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La. Back with my wife in Tennessee, When one day she called to me,
