Battle Of New Orleans

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
Took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans
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Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
Fired once more and they begin to runnin'
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We looked down a river and we see'd the British come
And there must have been a hundred of'em beatin' on the drums
Stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
Stood by our cotton bales and didn't say a thing

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Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
Wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
Fired once more and they begin to runnin'
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets “till we looked 'em in the eye
Held our fire ‘till we see'd their faces well
Opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em - well we
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Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
Wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
Fired once more and they begin to 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 the rabbit couldn't go
Ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
Filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
When we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind

(Chorus)
Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
Wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
Fired once more and they begin to runnin'
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico