Virtual Cane Virtual Cane is my name And I drove on the Danville train Till 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 Tonight they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringing Tonight they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singing They went la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la I'm back with my wife in Tennessee And one day she said to me Virgil, quick come see There goes the Robert E. Lee Now I don't mind them 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 Tonight they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringing Tonight they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singing They went la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la Like my father before me I'm a working man And like my brother before me I took a rebel's stand Well 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 it's in the feed Tonight they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringing Tonight they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singing They went la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la