Steve Earle

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 at 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
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
In the smoke smeared hell of Gettysburg many a mother wept
For many a good boy died there, sure, and the air smelt just like death
I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I marched to hell and back again
For Colonel Joshua Chamberlain -
we're all goin' down to Dixieland
I am the Kilrain of the 20th Maine and I damn 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 the Kilrain of the 20th Maine 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