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Battle of New Orleans

artist:Jimmy Horton

, writer:Jimmy Driftwood



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 {t: Battle of New Orleans }  
{key: A}  
{artist:Jimmy Horton}  
Jimmy Driftwood , Recorded by Johnny Horton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL7XS_8qgXM    
{c: }
[A] In 1814 we [D] took a little trip   
A[E7]long with Col. Jackson down the [A] mighty mississip'   
We took a little bacon and we [D] took a little beans   
And we [E7] Caught the bloody British in a [A] town in New Orleans.   
{c: }  
[A] We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'   
There wasn't as many as there [E7] was a while a-[A] go   
We fired once more and [D] they began to runnin'   
On down the Mississippi to the [E7] Gulf of Mexi[A]co.   
{c: } 
[A] We looked down the river and we see'd the British come   
And there musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' [E7] on the [A] drum    
They stepped so high and they [D] made  their bugles ring   
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't [E7] say a [A] thing.    
{c: } 
[A] We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'   
There wasn't as many as there [E7] was a while a-[A] go   
We fired once more and [D] they began to runnin'   
On down the Mississippi to the [E7] Gulf of Mexi[A]co.   
{c: } 
[A] Old Hick'ry said we could take 'em by su'prise    
If we didn't fire our musket till we [E7] looked 'em in the [A] eyes    
We held our fire till we [D] see'd their faces well    
Then we opened up with squirrel guns and [E7] really gave 'em   [A] Well -   
{c: } 
[A] We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'   
There wasn't as many as there [E7] was a while a-[A] go   
We fired once more and [D] they began to runnin'   
On down the Mississippi to the [E7] Gulf of Mexi[A]co.   
{c: } 
[A] Yeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles   
And they ran through the bushes where a [E7] rabbit couldn't [A] go   
They ran so fast that the hounds [D] couldn't catch 'em   
On down the Mississippi to the [E7] Gulf of Mexi[A]co.    
{c: } 
[A] We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down    
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought a[E7]nother [A] round    
We filled his head with cannonballs and [D] powdered his behind    
And when we touched the powder off, the 'gator [E7] lost his [A] mind.    
{c: } 
[A] We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'   
There wasn't as many as there [E7] was a while a-[A] go   
We fired once more and [D] they began to runnin'   
On down the Mississippi to the [E7] Gulf of Mexi[A]co.
{c: }  
[A] Yeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles   
And they ran through the bushes where a [E7] rabbit couldn't [A] go   
They ran so fast that the hounds [D] couldn't catch 'em   
On down the Mississippi to the [E7] Gulf of Mexi[A]co.    				




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