Battle of New Orleans

In 1814, took a little trip

'Long Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'

Took a little bacon and we took a little beans

And caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans

Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

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

Fired once more and they began to runnin'

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Look down the river and see the British come

Must've been a hundred of 'em beatin' on a drum

Steppin' so high, liked to make the bugles ring

Step beside a cotton bales and didn't say a thing

Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

Wasn't as many as there was a while ago

Fired once more and they began a-runnin'

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

And they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles

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

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

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Old Hickory said you could take 'em by surprise

If you didn't fire your musket till you looked 'em in the eyes

Held our fire till we see their faces well

Then opened up the squirrel guns and give 'em a lil' hell

Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

And there wasn't not 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

Fired our cannon till the barrel melted down

Grabbed an alligator and we fought another round

Filled his head with cannonball and powdered his behind

When we touched the powder off, the gator blew his mind

And they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles

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

Ran so fast the hounds, they couldn't catch 'em

Goin' down Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico