Dixieland Lyrics - The Mountain - 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 

And we're all goin' down to dixieland 

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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 

[Chorus] 

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 

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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 

[Chorus]