Battle Of New Orleans Lyrics - Hoyt Axton

In 1814 we took a little trip 

Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississippi 

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 make 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 

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 seed their faces swell 

We opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em... 

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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 

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

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