Thank-you to Spinland and my good friend Versereader for the help.

Ballad of the Fighting Browncoats

Sung to Great Big Sea’s The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)

Well Browncoat men were we and I'm tellin' you no lie

We fought and died among the fumes that tread across the sky

There was thunder all around us and there was poison in the air

There was a lousy smell that smacked of hell and blood all in our hair

Chorus:

And its hold boys hold

They'll time your every breath

And every day you’re in this place you’re two days nearer death

But you hold.

Well we fought along the valley and we breathed the oily smoke

We piled up the dead and it neigh 'on made us choke

We stood knee deep in dyin’ friends, got sick with a caustic burn

Been fightin’ rough, we've seen enough, to make your stomach turn

[Chorus]

Were outta time and had used up all the ammunition store

But Browncoats like our freedom, so we all went back for more

And even tho’ we lost some ground, we gave it all we could

For every foot of ground they took, they paid with flesh and blood

[Chorus]

Now an engine man am I and I'm telling you no lie

I tweaks and tunes among the fumes that tread across the sky

There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air

There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell and brimstone all in me hair

Edit: Link to hear the original song

http://www.greatbigsea.com/themusic/audio/up10.mp3