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 Dixielan