A D In 1814 we took a little tripE A Along with Col. Jackson down the mighty Mississippi'D We took a little bacon and we took a little beansE A And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans [Chorus]A We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'E A There wasn't as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin'E A Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [Verse 2]A Well We looked down the river and we see'd the British comeE A And there must been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drumD Stepped so high and they made their bugles ringE A We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing [Chorus]A We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'E A There were not as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin'E A Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [Verse 3]A Yeah! They ran through the briers and they ran through the bramblesE A And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't goD They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'emE A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of MexicoA We fired our cannon till the barrel melted downE A So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another roundD We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behindE A And when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind [Chorus]A We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'E A There wasn't as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin'E A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [Verse 4]A Yeah! They ran through the briers and they ran through the bramblesE A And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't goD They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'emE A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [Chorus]A We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'E A There wasn't as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they began to runnin'E A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [Outro]A Yeah! They ran through the briers and they ran through the bramblesE A And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't goD They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'emE A On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
The Battle Of New Orleans
Johnny Crash
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