Steve Earle Dixieland Lyrics

I am Kilrain and I'm a fightin' man
and I come from County Clare
And the Brits would hang me for a Fenian
so I took me leave of there
And I crossed the ocean in the "Arrianne"
the vilest tub afloat
And the captain's brother was a railroad man
and he met us the boat
So I joined up with the 20th Maine
like I said my friend I'm a fighting man
And we're marchin' south in the pouring rain
and we're all goin' down to Dixieland

I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine
and we fight for Chamberlain
'Cause he stood right with us when the Johnnies
came like a banshee on the wind
When the smoke cleared out of Gettysburg
many a mother wept
For many a good boy died there, sure,
and the air smelted just like death
I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine
and I'd march to hell and back again
ForColonel Joshua Chamberlain
we're all goin' down to Dixieland

I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine
and I d___ all gentlemen
Whose only worth is their father's name
and the sweat of a workin' man
Well we come from the farms and the city streets
and a hundred foreign lands
And we spilled our blood in the battle's heat
Now we're all Americans
I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine
and did I tell you friend I'm a fightin' man
And I'll not be back this way again,
'cause we're all goin' down to Dixieland