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Virgil Cain is the name and I served on the Danville train
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Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks a-gain
G/GIn the winter of siCxty-five, we were huGngry, just bfarely alive
By G/GMay the tenth, RCichmond had fell
It was a Gtime I re-fmember all so F7+well 
The G/Gnight they Cdrove old Dixie G/Gdown

And all the bells were ringing
The G/Gnight they Cdrove old Dixie G/Gdown

And all the people were singing. They went...
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Na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na
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Back with my wife in Tennessee when one day she called to me
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"Virgil, quick come see! There goes Robert G. Lee"
Now, G/GI don't mind choppiCn' wood and I don't Gcare if the fmoney's no good
You G/Gtake what you need and you lCeave the rest
But they sGhould neverf have taken theF7+ very best
The G/Gnight they Cdrove old Dixie G/Gdown

And all the bells were ringing
The G/Gnight they Cdrove old Dixie G/Gdown

And all the people were singing. They went...
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Na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na
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Like my father be-fore me, I will work the land
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And like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
He was G/Gjust eighteen, prouCd and brave but a YaGnkee laid hifm in his grave
I G/Gswear by the mud be-lCow my feet
You can't Graise a Cain back fup when he's in de-F7+feat 
The G/Gnight they Cdrove old Dixie G/Gdown

And all the bells were ringing
The G/Gnight they Cdrove old Dixie G/Gdown

And all the people were singing. They went...
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Na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na