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 my leave 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
I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine And I fight for the Chamberlain ‘Cause he stood right with us when the Johnnies came Like a banshee on the wind
When the smoke cleared out over Gettysburg Many a mother wept For many a good boy died there, sure And the air smelted just like death
And I am Kilrain of the 20th Maine And I'd march to hell and back again For Colonel Joshua Chamberlain And we're all goin' down to Dixieland
And 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 Shell out 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 DixielandTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.