The Battle Of New Orleans

Well, in eighteen and fourteen

we took a little trip

along with Colonel Jackson

down the mighty Mississip.

We took a little bacon

and we took a little beans,

And we caught the bloody British

near the town of New Orleans.

We fired our guns

and the British kept a'comin.

There wasn't nigh as many

as there was a while ago.

We fired once more

and they began to runnin'

down the Mississippi

to the Gulf of Mexico.

Well, 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 their bugles ring

while 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 nigh as many

as there was a while ago.

We fired once more

and they began to runnin'

down the Mississippi

to the Gulf of Mexico.

Old Hickory said

we could take 'em by surprise

if we didn't fire a musket

til we looked 'em in the eyes.

We held our fire

til we see'd their faces well,

then we opened up with squirrel guns

and really gave a yell.

We fired our guns

and the British kept a'comin.

There wasn't nigh as many

as there was a while ago.

We fired once more

and they began to runnin'

down the Mississippi

to the Gulf of Mexico.

Well, 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 they tetched the powder off

the gator lost his mind.

We fired our guns

and the British kept a'comin.

There wasn't nigh as many

as there was a while ago.

We fired once more

and they began to runnin'

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.

They ran so fast

the hounds couldn't catch 'em

down the Mississippi

to the Gulf of Mexico.

• Artist:Bill Haley & His Comets