Dixieland

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