thebes Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 We had a little fun last Friday doing America Pie. It's a little slow again this Friday because folks are out enjoying the fine weather and doing the normal weekend things. So let's try this again with a shorter but great song from The Band. Use your memory and no peeking at some web site. Actual lyrics will be posted when the song is done so you can see how you did. Remember just a line of the actual song and then pass it along: Virgil Cain is the name and I worked on the Danville train..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Until the union cavalry came and tore up the tracks again . . Probably not totally right, but I'll be I'm close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 ...in the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive... Damn, I'm showing my age... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Made famous by Joan Baez, but the best was the original by The Band. I think it was written by Rick Danko, who died in 1999. 'Til Stoneman's cavalry came ... Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popbumper Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 ...I took the train, to Richmond myself, it was a time - I remember oh so well.... Popbumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Speaker Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 The night they drove ol Dixie down and all the people were singing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 uh, Thebes, You missed a word on the first line, I think. If I recall, it's actually: "Virgil Caine is the name, and I *served* on the Danville train..." popbumper - "By may the tenth, richmond had fell, its a time I remember, oh so well..." This is one of my all time fav's. It was written by Robbie Robertson. As best I can recall, here goes... "Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train, til Stonemans 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, its 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 singin. they went La, la la la la la, La la, La la, La 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 dont mind choppin wood, and I dont care if the moneys 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 the people were singin. they went La, la la la la la, La la, La la, La la la la. Like my father before me, I will work the land. 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 mud below my feet, You cant raise a Caine back up when hes in defeat. The night they drove old dixie down, and the bells were ringing, The night they drove old dixie down, and the people were singin. they went La, la la la la la, La la, La la, La la la la." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Speaker Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 Gees Ray, we were kind of all sittin around the campfire here. What happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 Thanks Ray. I had a few of their albums at one time and had forgotten that Robertson wrote most of their tunes. They had a great ability to sound live, even on their studio albums. Loose in a good way. I was floored when 'Music from Big Pink" came out. Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted September 11, 2004 Author Share Posted September 11, 2004 Gosh darn it Ray you did it again! Too much coffee this morning? You got to take those earphnes off and buy some damn speakers, then maybe we can throgh at least a whole stanza of a song before you step in. As a famous fictional charachter was known to say: Damn your eyes! Now who could that have been.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 Not many songwriters have written a good song about the "recent unpleasantness." Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 Ray, I know how you feel... I did the same thing with American Pie: I have known it pretty much word for word for almost 30 years, and couldn't wait for it to unfold on a forum thread over the next few weeks. What would really impress me is if someone knew (without looking) the lyrics to R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World (and I Fell Fine)". I can't even understand some of those while I'm listening to it, much less have it memorized... BTW, while not his biggest fan, I do like Robbie Robertson, as well. I enjoyed his solo album (from the late 80's?)... one of my first CD purchases, is memory serves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted September 11, 2004 Author Share Posted September 11, 2004 You now your right Marvel, as far as I know there has not been a good song for, against or about this war. I wonder if the troops over there have a favorite or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Apparantly, some of our fire-bombing Marines really dug Bloodhound Gang's "Fire Water Burn"... their favorite line being "Burn, MotherF#*ker, Burn" Makes ya proud, doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Thebes, The 'recent unpleasantness" was a phrase used by many after the War Between the States, and had nothing to do with Iraq (or Afghanistan... or Bosnia ... or ..) Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted September 12, 2004 Author Share Posted September 12, 2004 Sorry Marvin, I misunderstood. Your right though, there has not been much if any modern popular mujsic written about the Civil War. That's a head scratche.r I'll have to think about it. Anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 "My Ain True Love" from Cold Mountain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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