The Battle of New Orleans

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 caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin There wasn't quite as many as there was a hour ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' on Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico We looked down the river and we see'd the British come And there must have been a hundred of'em beatin' on the drum They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring We stood by our cotton bales and didn't say a thing We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin There wasn't quite as many as there was a hour ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' on 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 eye We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em, well We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin There wasn't quite as many as there was a hour ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' on Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Yeah, 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 that the hounds couldn't catch 'em Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down So 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 We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin There wasn't quite as many as there was a hour ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' on Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Yeah, 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 that the hounds couldn't catch 'em Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico