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
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