The Battle of New Orleans
(Arr. J. Driftwood)
Johnny Horton
Pop Chart # 1 Apr. 27, 1959
Album: 16 Biggest Hits
Columbia Legacy Records ck 69971
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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In 1814 we took a little trip
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Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'
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We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
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And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans
[Chorus]
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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
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We fired once more and they begin to Runnin
E7 A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[Verse 2]
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We looked down the river.
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And we see'd the British come,
E7
And there must have been a hundred of 'em.
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Beatin' on the drums.
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They stepped so high.
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And they made their bugles ring.
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We stood beside our cotton bales.
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And didn't say a thing.
[Chorus]
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We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
E7 A
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
A
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
E7 A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[Verse 3]
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Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise.
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If we didn't fire our muskets.
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'Till we looked 'em in the eye.
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We held our fire.
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'Till we see'd their faces well
E7
Then we opened up our squirrel guns
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And really gave 'em - well we
[Chorus]
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Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
E7 A
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
A
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
E7 A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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Yeah, they ran through the briars.
And they ran through the brambles.
And they ran through the bushes.
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Where a rabbit couldn't go.
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They ran so fast.
That the hounds couldn't catch 'em.
E7
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
[Verse 4]
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We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
E7 A
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
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We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
E7 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'
E7 A
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
A
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
E7 A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[Outro]
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Yeah, they ran through the briars.
And they ran through the brambles.
And they ran through the bushes.
E7 A
Where a rabbit couldn't go.
A
They ran so fast.
That the hounds couldn't catch 'em.
E7 A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
