virgil caine is the name,and i served on the danville train,'til stoneman's cavalrycame and tore up the tracks again.in the winter of '65,we were hungry, just barely alive.by may the tenth, richmond had fell,it's a time I remember, oh so well,the night they drove old dixie down,and the bells were ringing,the night they drove old dixie down,and the people were singin'.they wentla, la, la, la, la,