The Battle of New Orleans lyrics

In 1814 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

in the town of New Orleans.

[Chorus:]

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'

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 beside our cotton bales

and didn't say a thing.

[Chorus]

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 ...

wellll, we....

[Chorus]

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

On 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.

[Chorus]

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

On down the Mississippi

to the Gulf of Mexico.

[repeat]

(hup two, three, four,

sound off three, four.....)

• Artist:Johnny Horton
• Album:Johnny Horton - 16 Biggest Hits