Steve Earle - Dixieland Lyrics

"I am Kilrain from the 20th Maine
And I damn all gentlemen
Whose only wealth is their father's name
And the sweat of the working man
Well we come from the farms and the city streets
And a hundred foreign lands
Shed our blood in the battle's heat
Now we're all Americans"

That is one of the most patriotic damn verses ever written. Thank you, Steve Earle, for writing it. What a great song.

Civil war wasn’t about slavery you cuck

Go ahead and abandon your Southern roots.

george gremillion
Steve has always supported the down trodden and oppressed, he’s not going to sing songs glorifying slavers and the poor whites who drank up their snake oil.

Hayes Hartman It wasn't about slavery,it was about the north trying to force the south to belp pay the norths debt to the bankers

@Hayes Hartman - need to learn true history.
Name any other country that ended slavery by means of war?
Abraham Lincoln was a tyrant and racist.

During his famous debates with Sen. Stephen Douglas, Lincoln explained to the crowd: “I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races … I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races from living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be a position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.”

Steve looks so much better here in 2004 than he did in 1997 at farm aid. Good to see. Love his music.

He always looks great "in between wives"

this song really touched me my moms side of the fam the arderys fought in the penn regiments at gettysburg and my dads side the mccoys fought for the the south i've been there and took whats left in. the arderys name is on the the penn memorial but no mention of the mccoys who died for the south oh well..what a shame

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Almost the same melody as Galway Girl

Warning, sucky song ahead.

Says the guy whose page links to arguably the worst songs every recorded in English.

I thought you were exaggerating, kilkee526, so I clicked over. It's probably been five years since somebody reminded me of "Sister Golden Hair." What'd I ever do to you?

my favourite, being irish helps g.b.i. usa-ire

yeah, Steve Earle knows of what he sings.

This song is brilliant. The version with Del McCoury on "The Mountain" is more spirited, but at least as good. The Irish had to fight their way into being accepted into British and American societies. Part of me wants to punch those people in the face, but ultimately it's really about accepting things you can't change. Great song.

It's so crazy to see how much Steve and his son, Justin Townes Earle, share the same body language and carry themselves in the same way on stage.

I've never noticed it before.

Justine has a good voice, but he can't touch his father's.