Dixieland
Steve Earle

Intro
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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