1. Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville Train

2. Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she said to me

3. Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man

1. Till Stonewall's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again

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

3. Like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand

1. In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive

2. Now. I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good

3. He was eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave

1. By May the 10th, Richmond had fell, it was a time i remember oh so well

2. You take what you need and you leave the rest, but they should never have taken the very best.

3. I swear by the blood beneath my feet, you can't raise a Cain back up when he's in defeat.

The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin'

The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin', (they went)

"Naa na-na naa na-na, na-naa na-naa na-naa naa na-naa na-na-naa"