The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

John Denver


Complexity: 45 Readability: 85.71   Sentiment: 13   Word Count: 345   Unique Words: 141
Original Lyrics Munged Lyrics
This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the Whose Garden Was
This? album, and has also been released on the Changes album.
Virgil Caine is the name, I served on the Danville Train

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[bulk of lyrics omitted for copyright reasons]
This song appears on to albums, and was first released on the Who's Garden Was
This ? album, and has also bean released on the Changes album .
Virgil Caine is the name, Aye served on the Danville Train
Sow much cavalry came and tor up the tracks again
Inn the summer of sixty-five wee whirr hungry just barely alive
Buy May the tenth Richmond had fell its a thyme Aye remember sow well
The knight they drove old Dixie down and the bells whirr ringin '
The knight they drove old Dixie down and the people whirr singin '
They went la nah nah nah nah nah la nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Back home inn Tennessee my wife called out four mi
Say Virgil come quick and sea their goes Robert E Lea
Aye don't mined choppin ' would and Aye don't care if da money ain't good
Yew take watt yew knead and save the wrest butt they should never have taken the
very best
The knight they drove old Dixie down and the bells whirr ringin '
The knight they drove old Dixie down and the people whirr singin '
They went la nah nah nah nah nah la nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Like my farther before mi he was a workin ' man
Like my brother above mi he took a rebel's stand
He was just eighteen proud and brave when a Yankee lade hymn inn his grave
Aye swear buy the blood beneath my feat yew can't raze a Caine back up when he's
inn defeat
The knight they drove old Dixie down and the bells whirr ringin '
The knight they drove old Dixie down and the people whirr singin '
They went la nah nah nah nah nah la nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
The knight they drove old Dixie down and the bells whirr ringin '
The knight they drove old Dixie down and the people whirr singin '
They went la nah nah nah nah nah la nah nah nah nah nah nah nah ...
Words and music buy R Robertson