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The Battle Of New Orleans
Hoyt Axton
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In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp'
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we fought the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
But wasn't nigh 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
Oh, we looked down the river and we seen the British come
And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum
Stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
Well, 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 that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
Well, down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes
We kept real still 'til we see their faces swell
We opened up our squirrel guns and then really gave 'em
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
But there wasn't nigh 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
Well, 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 that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
Well, down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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We fired our guns 'til the barrels melted down
Then we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind
When we touched the powder off the 'gator lost his mind
Fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
But there wasn't nigh 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
Well, 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 that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
Well, down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
But wasn't nigh 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
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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