Talk:The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

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Talk:The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down/Archive

[edit] "...there goes Robert E. Lee..." or "..there goes the Robert E. Lee.."

I just listened five times to this passage from the original Band recording of the song and it seems clear to me that he is saying "...there goes the Robert E. Lee..."

Additionally, I learned this song from the official Band songbook for the album and, though I do not have that in front of me, I certainly learned it as "...the Robert E. Lee..." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dogmo1001 (talk • contribs) 23:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I noticed the same thing, and it seems the reference is to the "Robert E. Lee" steamboat, which would have been on the Mississippi after 1870. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee_%28steamboat%29 Bbcrane54 (talk) 20:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] This article desperately needs someone to add what the meaning of the actual line and title of the song means:

What is "Old Dixie" and what is meant by driving it down? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.237.86.175 (talk) 10:15, 10 June 2008 (UTC)