Steve Earle - Dixieland Lyrics
I am kilrain and Im a fightin man and I come from county clareAnd the brits would hang me for a fenian so I took me leave of thereAnd I crossed the ocean in the arrianne the vilest tub afloatAnd the captains brother was a railroad man and he met us the boatSo I joined up with the 20th maine like I said my friend Im a fighting manAnd were marchin south in the pouring rain and were all goin down to dixielandI am kilrain of the 20th maine and we fight for chamberlaincause he stood right with us when the johnnies came like a banshee on the windWhen the smoke cleared out of gettysburg many a mother weptFor many a good boy died there, sure, and the air smelted just like deathI am kilrain of the 20th maine and Id march to hell and back againFor colonel joshua chamberlain - were all goin down to dixielandI am kilrain of the 20th maine and I damn all gentlemenWhose only worth is their fathers name and the sweat of a workin manWell we come from the farms and the city streets and a hundred foreign landsAnd we spilled our blood in the battles heatNow were all americansI am kilrain of the 20th maine and did I tell you friend Im a fightin manAnd Ill not be back this way again, cause were all goin down to dixieland
