^EmVirgil ^GCain is my name and I ^Cdrove on the Donville ^Emtrain ^GTill Stoneman`s <sup>Em</sup>cavalry came and <sup>C</sup>tore up the tracks <sup>E</sup>again <sup>C</sup>In the winter of<sup>G</sup>sixtyfive, we were <sup>Em</sup>hungry, just <sup>C</sup>barely alive <sup>Em</sup>I drove a train to <sup>C</sup> Richmond, Nefelle It was <sup>G</sup>time I remember very <sup>A</sup>well CHORUS: The <sup>G</sup>night they <sup>Em</sup>drove old <sup>C</sup>Dixie <sup>G</sup>down, and all the <sup>Em</sup>bells were ringing <sup>G</sup>The night they <sup>Em</sup>drove old <sup>C</sup>Dixie <sup>G</sup>down, and all the <sup>Em</sup>people were singing (they went:) <sup>G</sup>Naa nana <sup>Em</sup>naa nana <sup>A</sup>na naa na naa na <sup>C</sup>naa naa na naa na na naa Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she said 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 You take what you need and you leave the rest But they should never have taken the very best CHORUS:... Like my father before me, I`m working man Like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand He was eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave I swear by blood beneath my feet, you can`t raise a Cain back up when he`s in defeat Chorus... (end on Em)