2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Joan Baez performs «The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down» with Mary Chapin Carpenter and the Indigo Girls onstage during the 32nd Annual Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center in NYC.

Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
‘Till Stoneman’s cavalry came 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 went
La, la, la

Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
«Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E Lee»
Now I don’t mind choppin’ wood, and I don’t care if the money’s no good
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,
But they should never have taken the very best

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 went
La, la, la

Like my father before me, I will work the land
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet,
You can’t raise a Caine back up when he’s in defeat

The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing,
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin’, they went
Na, la, na, la, na, na, na

Felices 76 añitos Joan Chandos Báez (Staten Island, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 9 de enero de 1941), más conocida como Joan Báez – cantante, compositora y activista, cuya música folk contemporánea incluye a menudo canciones protesta o de justicia social.

Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train
‘til so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of ’65, we were hungry, just barely alive
I took the train to Richmond that fell
It was a time I remember, oh, so well

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, «Na, na, na, na, na, na»

Back with my wife in Tenesse
And one day she said to me,
«Virgil, Quick! Come see!
There goes Robert E. Lee.»
Now I don’t mind, I’m chopping wood
And I don’t care if the money’s no good
Just take what you need and leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

Like my father before me, I’m a working man
And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
Oh, he was just 18, proud and brave
But a yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood below my feet
You can’t raise a Cane back up when he’s in defeat

Joan Baez