Lyrics - Battle Of New Orleans by Paul Kreshka

IN
EIGHTEENFORTEEN
WE
TOOK
A
LITTLE
TRIPALONG
WITH
COLONEL
JACKSON
DOWN
THE
MIGHTY
MISSISSIP`
WE
TOOK
A
LITTLE
BACON
AND
WE
TOOK
A
LITTLE
BEANSAND
WE
FOUGHT
THE
BLOODY
BRITISHIN
THE
TOWN
OF
NEW
ORLEANSWE
FIRED
OUR
GUNSAND
THE
BRITISH
KEPT
A-
COMINGBUT
THERE
WASN`
T
NIGH
AS
MANYAS
THERE
WAS
A
WHILE
AGOWE
FIRED
ONCE
MORE
AND
THEY
BEGAN
TO
RUNNINGDOWN
THE
MISSISSIPPI
TO
THE
GULF
OF
MEXICOWE
LOOKED
DOWN
THE
RIVER
TILL
WE
SAW
THE
BRITISH
COMETHERE
MUST
HAVE
BEEN
A
HUNDRED
OF
THEM
BEATING
ON
A
DRUMTHEY
STEPPED
SO
HIGH
AND
THEY
MADE
THEIR
BUGLES
RINGWHILE
WE
STOOD
BESIDE
THE
COTTON
BOLESAND
DID`
NT
SAY
A
THINGWE
FIERD
OUR
GUNS ...
OLD
HICKORY
SAID
WE
COULD
TAKE
EM
BY
SURPRISEIF
WE
DIDN`
T
FIRE
OUR
MUSKETSTILL
WE
LOOKED
THEM
IN
THE
EYESWE
HELD
OUR
FIRE `
TLL
WE
SEEN
THEIR
FACES
WELLTHEN
WE
OPENED
UP
OUR
SQUIRREL
GUNSAND
WE
REALLY
GAVE
EM
WELL.
WE
FIRED
OUR
GUNS ...
WELL
THEY
RUN
THROUGH
THE
BRIARSAND
THEY
RUN
THROUGH
THE
BRAMBLESAND
THEY
RAN
THROUGH
BUSHESWHERE
A
RABBIT
COULDN`
T
GOTHEY
RAN
SO
FAST
THAT
THE
HOUNDS
COULD`
NT
CATCH
EMDOWN
THE
MISSISSIPPI
TO
THE
GULF
OF
MEXICOWE
FIRED
OUR
CANNON `
TILL
THE
BARREL
MELTED
DOWNTHEN
WE
GRABBED
AN
ALLIGATORAND
WE
FOUGHT
ANOTHER
ROUNDWE
FILLED
HIS
HEAD
WITH
CONNON
BALLSAND
POWERED
HIS
BEHINDAND
WHEN
WE
TOUCHED
THE
POWDER
OFFTHE `
GATOR
LOST
HIS
MIND

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