The Battle Of New Orleans

Song The Battle Of New Orleans
Artist Johnny Horton
Album Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960

Lyrics

[ti:The Battle of New Orleans]
[ar:Johnny Horton]
[00:09.403] In 1814we took a little trip
[00:12.338] Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
[00:15.39] We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
[00:17.562] And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans
[00:20.324] We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
[00:23.110] There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
[00:25.760] We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
[00:28.411] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[00:33.614] We looked down a river
[00:34.869] And we see'd the British come
[00:36.369] And there must have been a hundred of'em
[00:37.770] Beatin'on the drums
[00:39.70] They stepped so high
[00:40.120] And they made their bugles ring
[00:41.720] We stood by our cotton bales
[00:43.170] And didn't say a thing
[00:44.520] We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
[00:47.211] There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
[00:49.862] We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
[00:52.512] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[00:57.729] Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
[01:00.409] If we didn't fire our muskets
[01:01.609] 'Till we looked 'em in the eye
[01:03.209] We held our fire
[01:04.310] 'Till we see'd their faces well
[01:05.809] Then we opened up our squirrel guns
[01:07.09] And really gave 'em -well we
[01:09.460] Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
[01:11.860] There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
[01:14.710] We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
[01:17.331] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[01:22.527] Yeah,they ran through the briars
[01:23.827] And they ran through the brambles
[01:25.127] And they ran through the bushes
[01:26.377] Where the rabbit couldn't go
[01:28.41] They ran so fast
[01:29.41] That the hounds couldn't catch 'em
[01:30.592] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[01:38.591] We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
[01:41.193] So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
[01:43.914] We filled his head with cannon balls,and powdered his behind
[01:46.519] And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind
[01:49.369] We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
[01:52.20] There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
[01:54.821] We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
[01:57.321] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[02:02.619] Yeah,they ran through the briars
[02:03.969] And they ran through the brambles
[02:05.322] And they ran through the bushes
[02:06.672] Where the rabbit couldn't go
[02:08.173] They ran so fast
[02:09.173] That the hounds couldn't catch 'em
[02:10.773] On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[02:13.715] Hut-two-three-four
[02:16.165] Sound off,three-four
[02:18.865] Hut-two-three-four
[02:21.516] Sound off,three-four
[02:24.266] Hut-two-three-four