Joan Baez, born on January 9th, 1941, is an American folk singer and a songwriter who is of mixed Mexican and Scottish descent. Baez rose to prominence in the early '60s with her stunning renditions of traditional balladry.
In the late '60s and early '70s, Baez came into her songwriting own, penning many songs (most notably "Diamonds & Rust," a nostalgic piece about her ill-fated romance with Bob Dylan, and "Sweet Sir Galahad," a song about sister Mimi Fariña's ( of Richard & Mimi Fariña fame) second marriage
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THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN Joan Baez Ear-transcribed by Matteo Scarinzi
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AmC | FAm | Virgil Cain is my name and I drove on the Danville train CAm | FAm | Till Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again FC | AmF | In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive AmF | CAm | D | I drove a train to Richmond, Nefelle. It was a time I remember very well
CAmF | CAm | The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringin' CAmF | CAm | The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin', (they went) CAm | DF | C | C intro' run | "Naa na-na naa na-na, na-naa na-naa na-naa naa na-naa na-na-naa"
Back with my wife in Tennessee, one day she said to me "Virgil, quick come see, there goes the Robert E Lee." Now. I don't mind choppin' 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.
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Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man Like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand He was eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave I swear by the blood beneath my feet, you can't raise a Cain back up when he's in defeat.