Steve Earle(born January 17, 1955) is a singer-songwriterbest known for his countrymusic and rock 'n roll tinged " alt-country." He is also a published writer, a keen political activist (particularly in protesting against the death penalty in the U.S., as in his song "Ellis Unit One" from the movie Dead Man Walking), and has written and directed a play. Born in Hampton, Virginia, legend has it that a box of Texas dirt, sent by his grandfather, was brought into the delivery room, so that it could be said that the first soil Earle's feet ever touched was Texan. He moved around the U.S. with his parents, before dropping out of school in the 8th grade and heading to Houston, Texas, to explore a career in music. In 1975, he moved to Nashville and worked as a songwriter.
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Dixieland Lyrics
Steve Earle
I am kilrain and Im 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 captains brother was a railroad man and he met us the boat
So I joined up with the 20th maine like I said my friend Im a fighting man
And were marchin south in the pouring rain and were 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 Id march to hell and back again
For colonel joshua chamberlain - were all goin down to dixieland
I am kilrain of the 20th maine and I damn all gentlemen
Whose only worth is their fathers 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 battles heat
Now were all americans
I am kilrain of the 20th maine and did I tell you friend Im a fightin man
And Ill not be back this way again, cause were all goin down to dixieland