Battle of New Orleans – Lonnie Donegan
(spoken: ) Well, this here’s the story of the Battle of New Orleans,
which was fit between Yankees a coast and the English people,
in which the British came off rather ignominiously.
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1. Well, in 1814, we took a little trip,
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along with Colonel Packenham down the mighty Mississipp.
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We took a little bacon and we took a little beans,
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and we fought the bloomin’ British in the town of New Orleans
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Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a comin',
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there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began a running,
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on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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2. Well, we looked down the river till we see the British come,
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there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum.
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They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring,
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well, we stood beside our cotton bales and never said a thing.
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3. Well, Packenham said we could take ‘em by surprise,
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if we didn't fire a musket till we looked `em in the eyes.
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Well, we stood quite still till we see their face well,
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then we opened up our muskets and we really gave ‘em well.
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Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a comin',
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there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began a running,
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on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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4. Well, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles,
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and they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go.
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They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch ‘em,
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all down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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5. Well, we fired our muskets so the barrels melted down,
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then grabbed an alligator and we fought another round.
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Well, we stuffed his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind,
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so when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.
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+ CHORUS Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. (4x)
