The Battle of New Orleans

The Battle of New Orleans Lyrics

Song The Battle of New Orleans
Artist Johnny Horton
Album The Best Of Classic Country 50's
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[00:09.89] In 1814 we took a little trip
[00:12.41] Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
[00:15.09] We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
[00:17.63] And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.
[00:20.32] We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
[00:23.14] There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
[00:25.45] We fired once more and they began to runnin'
[00:28.57] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[00:34.04] We looked down the river and we see'd the British come
[00:36.65] And there must've been a hundred of'em beatin' on the drum
[00:39.31] They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring
[00:41.96] We stood beside our cotton bales, didn't say a thing
[00:44.65] We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
[00:47.51] There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
[00:49.94] We fired once more and they began to runnin'
[00:53.03] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[00:58.16] Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
[01:00.87] If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eye
[01:03.61] We held our fire till we seen their faces well
[01:06.36] Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... well
[01:10.03] We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
[01:12.58] There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
[01:15.26] We fired once more and they began to runnin'
[01:18.00] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[01:23.36] Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
[01:25.90] And they ran through the bushes, where a rabbit couldn't go
[01:28.76] They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
[01:31.38] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[01:36.69] We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
[01:42.04] So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
[01:44.72] We filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind
[01:47.44] And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind
[01:50.38] We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
[01:52.78] There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
[01:55.54] We fired once more and they began to runnin'
[01:58.31] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[02:03.53] Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
[02:06.29] And they ran through the bushes, where a rabbit couldn't go
[02:09.13] They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
[02:11.75] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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