Virgil Caine is the name and I served on the Danville train
'Til 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 singing
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 all the people were singing
They went, "La, la, 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 eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood 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 singing
They went, "Na, na, na"
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, na"
4月19日、The Bandのドラマー、レボン・ヘルムさんが亡くなった。
残念。
動画は1976年の映画『The Last Waltz』より。
美しい映像は撮ったのがマーチン・スコセッシだからです。
数年前にラスト・ワルツの未公開部分や新たな映像を加えたDVDが出ましたが、まだまだ公開されていない映像はたくさんあるはずです。
スコセッシさん！
これを機に全部見せてください！！
今回、Old Dixie Downの詩を改めて読んでみて、20年もの間の勘違いに気づいた。
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best
この部分を私は
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
But they could never have taken the very best
と思っていました。
憂歌団 
9月も中旬だというのに、人生初のサマータイムを経験した。
ちゃんこをたらふく食べた後はバーで飲み直しｗｗ
