Battle Of New Orleans

In 1814, we took a little trip

A-long with Col. 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.

Chorus:

We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'

There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while a-go

We fired once more and they began to runnin'

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

 

We looked down the river and we see'd the British come

And there musta been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum

They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring

We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing. (Chorus)

Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise

If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eyes

We held our fire till we see'd their faces well

Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... Well (Chorus)

Chorus2:

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 that the hounds couldn't catch 'em

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down

So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round

We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind

And when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind. (Chorus2)