The Battle of New Orleans

In 1814 we took a little trip

Along with Colonel Pakenham down the mighty Mississipp'

We took a little bacon and we took a little beans

And we fought the bloomin' British in a town in New Orleans

Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

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

Well, we fired once more and they began to runnin'

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well, we looked down the river till we see the British come

There must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum

They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring

While we stood beside our cotton bales and never say'd a thing

Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

And there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

We fired once more and they began to runnin'

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well, Pakenham said we could take 'em by surprise

If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eye

Then we stood quite still till we see'd their faces well

And we opened up our muskets and we really gave 'em - well!

We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

And there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

Yeah, and when we fired once more they began to runnin'

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles

And they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go

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

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

And there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

Well, we fired once more and they began to runnin'

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well, we fired our muskets till the barrels melted down

Then grabbed an alligator and we fought another round

Well, we stuffed his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind

And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind

Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

And there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

Fired once more and they began to runnin'

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico