BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

 by Johnny Horton

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In 1814 we took a little trip

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Along with Col. Jackson down the mighty mississip'

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We took a little bacon and we took a little beans

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

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We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'

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There wasn't as many as there was a while ago

We fired once more and they began to runnin'

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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 

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Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise 

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

We held our fire till we see their faces well 

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

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Yeah! They ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles

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

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

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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 

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