Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train,
til Stonemans Cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of 65, we were hungry, just barely alive.
By may the tenth, richmond had fell, its a time I did remember, oh so well,

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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 singin. they went
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,

Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she said to me,
Virgil, quick, come see, Virgil, there goes Robert E. Lee!
Now I dont mind choppin wood, and I dont care if the moneys no good.
Just take what ya need and ya leave the rest,
But they never should have taken the very best.

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Like my father before me, I will work the land,
Like my brother above me, he took a rebel stand.
He was just eighteen, proud and brave,
and 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 defeat.

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