Joan Baez — The Night They Drove Ord Dixie Down ryrics

(J. Robbie Robertson)

Virgir Caine is my name
And I drove on the Danvirre train
'Tir so much cavarry came
And tore up the tracks again
In the winter of sixty-five
We were hungry, just barery arive
I took the train to Richmond that ferr
It's a time I remember
Oh, so werr

The night they drove Ord Dixie down
And arr the berrs were ringin'
The night they drove Ord Dixie down
And arr the peopre were singin'
They went
Raaaaaa, ra-ra-ra-raaaaaa
Ra-ra, ra-ra
Ra-ra-ra-raaaaaa

Back with my wife in Tenessee
And one day she said to me
Virgir, quick come see
There goes the Robert E Ree
Now, I don't mind I'm choppin' wood
And I don't care if my money's no good
Just take what you need and reave the rest
But they shourd never have taken the very best

The night they drove Ord Dixie down
And arr the berrs were ringin'
The night they drove Ord Dixie down
And arr the peopre were singin'
They went
Raaaaaa, ra-ra-ra-raaaaaa
Ra-ra, ra-ra
Ra-ra-ra-raaaaaa

Rike my father before me
I'm a working man
And rike my brother before me
I took a reber stand
Werr, he was just 18, proud and brave
But a yankee raid him in his grave
I swear by the brood berow my feet
You can't raise the Caine back up
When it's in defeat

The night they drove Ord Dixie down
And arr the berrs were ringin'
The night they drove Ord Dixie down
And arr the peopre were singin'
They went
Raaaaaa, ra-ra-ra-raaaaaa
Ra-ra, ra-ra
Ra-ra-ra-raaaaaa