Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Denver train

Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again

In the winter of '65 we was hungry, just barely alive

By May 10, Richmond had fell, it was a time I remember, oh so well



The night they drove ole Dixie down, all the bells were ringing

The night they drove ole Dixie down, all the people were singing

Na, na na na na na na, na na na na na na, na na na na na na



Back with my wife in Tennessee one day she called for me

Virgil quick come see there goes the "Robert E. Lee"

I don't mind chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good

Take what you need and leave the rest

They should never have taken the very best



Like my father before me, I'm a peaceful man

Like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand

Just 18, proud and gray, but a Yankee laid him in his grave

Swear by the blood running through (on) my feet

You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat