Dixieland lyrics

Artist  : Steve Earle 
Song : Dixieland



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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 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
For colonel joshua chamberlain - we’re all goin’
down to dixieland

I am 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 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