The Battle of New Orleans

In 1814 we took a little trip

Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'

We took a little bacon, and we took a little beans

And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans

Fired our guns, and the British kept a-comin'

Wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago

Fired once more, and they begin a-runnin'

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well, we run down the river, and we see the British come

And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on a drum

Stepped so high, and they made their bugles ring

Stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing

Fired our guns, and the British kept a-comin'

Wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago

Fired once more, and they begin a-runnin'

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Old Hick'ry said we could take 'em by surprise

If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eye

Held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well

Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em well

Fired our guns, and the British kept a-comin'

Wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago

Fired once more, and they begin a-runnin'

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Yeah, they ran through the briars, and they ran through the brambles

And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go

They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well, we fired our cannons 'til the barrel melted down

So we grabbed an alligator, and we fought another round

Filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind

And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind

Fired our guns, and the British kept a-comin'

Wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago

Fired once more, and they begin a-runnin'

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well, they ran through the briars, and they ran through the brambles

And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go

Ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

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