Battle of New Orleans.
- By Johnny Horton.
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1) In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Col. Jackson down the Mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon
And we took a little beans
And we caught the Bloody Brittish
In the Town of New Orleans. (Chorus)
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CHORUS:
We fired our guns and the Brittish kept a comin'
There wasn't quite as many as there was awhile ago.
We fired once more and they went a runnin'
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico!
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2) We looked down a river to see the Brittish come
And there must of been a hundred of them
Beatin' on their drums
We stood real high
While we heard their bugles ring;
And we stood beside our cotton fields.
And didn't say a thing. (Chorus)
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3) Old Hickory said we cantake them by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets
'til we looked them in the eyes.
We held our fire
'til we see there faces swell,
And we opened up our squirrel guns
And really gave them--WELL WE... (Chorus)
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Yea they ran through the briar
And they ran through the gravel
And they ran to the places
Where a rabbit wouldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico!
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4) We fired our cannons
'til the barrels 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 (Chorus)
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Yea they ran through the briars......
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Hup, two, three, four,
Sound off three, four......
[Keep repeating & fade out.]
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