Transcript The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

The Night They Drove Old Dixie
Down
Joan Baez
Matt Goodstein
Lyrics
Virgil Caine is my name, and I drove 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.
I took a train to Richmond that fell, It was a time I remember, oh so
well.
(Chorus)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and all 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, and one day she said to me,
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes the the Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no
good.
Just take what you need and leave the rest,
But they should never have taken the very best.
(Chorus)
Like my father before me, I'm a working man,
And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand.
Well, 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 the cane back up when it's in the feed.
(Chorus and fade)
Work Cited
Joan Baez
Joan Baez was born on January 9, 1941 in Staten Island
New York. Her music career started off when she
began attending Boston University. She started off
playing her music in local clubs and coffeehouses. In
1959 she was invited to play at the Newport Folk
Festival where she was a huge hit. In 1960 she was
signed to Vanguard Records and released her first
album. Once she recorded the first album she was
rapidly growing in popularity. Most of her songs are
about political and social issues in the world today. She
has toured with many major artist such as bob Dylan.
Joan Baez has been actively performing for over 50
years and has recorded over 30 studio albums. At the
beginning of her career she became actively involved
in civil rights and non-violence movements. She sings
about solving problems in the Middle East and Latin
America. She is a very inspirational artist (Lewis).
For more information visit:
http://www.joanbaez.com/officialbio08.html
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George Stoneman
George Stoneman fought in the American
Revolution for the Union Army. He started out the
war as a major of the First US Calvary. Later in the
war he was promoted to Brigadier General of the
4th US Calvary. He commanded his Calvary to try
and capture Richmond. After his attempt to
capture Richmond he was promoted to the Rank of
Major General. He fought many more battles after
he was promoted. After the war he Stoneman
served in many post under the Democratic Party.
He died in 1894 in Los Angeles. George Stoneman is
mentioned in this song during his attempt to
capture Richmond.
for additional information visit:
http://www.militarymuseum.org/Stoneman.html
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Richmond
Richmond is the capital of the state of Virginia. During the Civil War it was the
capital of Confederacy. Richmond was the target of many United States attacks
during the war. Richmond was captured by Grant in April 1865. The confederates
that were abandoning Richmond burnt it to the ground before they left. In the
song Joan Baez talks about a single attack on Richmond by George Stoneman.
For more information visit:
http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Richmond_During_the_Civil_War
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Dixie
The definition of Dixie is the
southern states that seceded
from the United States of
America in 1861. The song
says “the night they drove old
Dixie down” this line is
meaning the night the Union
defeated and captured the
Southern States.
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Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was born January 19, 1807. He
followed in his father’s military footsteps and went
to West Point. He graduated second in his class in
1829. For the next 23 years Lee served in many
different military positions. Lee didn’t support the
south’s succession from the United States but his
loyalty was with Virginia. In the Civil War Lee started
off being the Commander of the Virginia forces. By
the end of the war he was promoted to General-InChief of all Confederate Armies. After the war Lee
returned to Richmond and served as the President of
Washington College in Lexington, Virginia. Lee
became ill and died on October 12, 1870.
for additional information visit:
http://americancivilwar.com/south/lee.html
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Rebel Stand
A rebel is someone who opposes
takes arm against a government
or a ruler. During the Civil War
the word rebel meant a
Confederate because the
confederacy succeeded from the
Union and tried to overthrow the
Union or the government. In this
song Baez says “I took a rebel
stand”, this means that he was a
Confederate Soldier during the
Civil War and tried to overthrow
the Union.
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Yankee
A Yankee is a native or
inhabitant of the Northern
United States. In the Civil War
a Yankee was a Union Soldier
because they were on the side
of the Northern part of the
United States. They fought
against the Confederate
Soldiers known as Rebels. In
the song he is talking about
how his brother who was a
Rebel was fighting in the war
and A Yankee troop killed him.
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Imagery
The line in this song “the bells were ringing” is a literary example of
imagery. Imagery is descriptive language that evokes your senses.
“The bells were ringing” evokes your sense of sound. In the story
the bells are ringing because the confederacy had fallen to the
Union.
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Repetition
Repetition is the repeating of a word in a sentence
or line. In the song the word la was repeated. The
line was “La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La,
La”. In the song the people were singing that because
the Union defeated the South.
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Rhyme Scheme
Rhyme Scheme is the pattern of rhyme in
the lines of a poem or song. In one
paragraph of this song the rhyme scheme is
weird, it goes AAAABBCCDD.
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Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or
phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is
used in place of another to suggest a likeness or
analogy between them. The song name “The Night
They Drove Old Dixie Down” is a metaphor because
it is talking about the night when the southern states
were defeated.
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