The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band：歌詞及意思
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The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1969) – The Band
The night they drove old Dixie down
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1969) – The Band
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing
They went, “Na, na, la, na, na, la”
歌曲The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down，是由美國及加拿大樂隊The Band在1969年唱出。歌曲長達3分33秒，類型屬於Roots Rock及Southern Rock 南方搖滾， 填詞作曲由樂隊主結他手Robbie Robertson一手包辦，歌曲被收錄於《The Band》。歌曲主音為 Levon Helm，單曲被收錄於樂隊The Band第二首著名專輯。主要以第一人稱講述主角當時承受經濟及社會壓力，特別是美國內戰（American Civil War）。
不少得的是，歌曲被《滾石》雜誌列入500首最偉大歌曲之一。音樂媒體Pitchfork 都把歌曲列入60年代200首歌曲之一，更被搖滾名人堂（Rock and Roll Hall of Fame）列入500首代表Rock and Roll的歌曲之一。
歌詞方面
填詞作曲由樂隊主結他手Robbie Robertson一手包辦
Virgil Kane 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 10th, 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 singing
They went, “Na, na, la, na, na, 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 chopping wood
And I don’t care if the money’s no good
You take what you need
And you 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 all the people were singing
They went, “Na, na, la, na, na, la”
Like my father before me
I will work the land
And like my brother above me
Who took a rebel stand
He was just 18, proud and brave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You can’t raise a Kane 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 singing
They went, “Na, na, la, na, na, la”
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the people were singing
They went, “Na, na, la, na, na, la”
