NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN (Joan Baes - The Band Cover) At Austin's Ale House - video Dailymotion

Frederick Chipkins Musical Diary

The Night They Drove old Dixie Down...at Austin's Ale House. First time singing it in public. Feels great to play...

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00:00Virgil Cain is my name and I served the damned in the train.

00:09The subway's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.

00:15In the winter of 65, where we were hungry and barely alive.

00:23I drove the train down to risk and I felt it was a time I remember oh so well.

00:33In the night they drove old Nixie-Hell and all the bells were ringing along.

00:41In the night they drove old Nixie-Hell and all the people were singing they went

00:48Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

00:58That my wife in Tennessee one day she said to me

01:04Merger quick on the sea, there goes the road that he leaves.

01:11I don't mind when you drop the wood and I don't care if the money's no good.

01:17You take what you need and you leave the rest.

01:20But they should never have taken the very best.

01:27In the night they drove old Nixie down and all the bells were ringing along.

01:34In the night they drove old Nixie down and all the people were singing they went

01:41Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na.

01:52Like my father befall me, I'm a working man.

01:58Like my brother above me, I'm such a rebel stand.

02:04He was just 18, proud brave, on a Yankee, loaded in his grave.

02:11I swear by the floor, below my feet, you can't raise a cane back, oh please, in defeat.

02:18And the night, they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing low.

02:28Night, they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singing their hands.

02:35Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.

02:41They were singing, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN (Joan Baes - The Band Cover) At Austin's Ale House

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