Dixieland Songtext
von 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 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