Paul Kreshka - Battle Of New Orleans Lyrics

IN EIGHTEENFORTEEN 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 FOUGHT THE BLOODY BRITISH IN THE TOWN OF NEW ORLEANS WE FIRED OUR GUNSAND THE BRITISH KEPT A-COMING BUT THERE WASN`T NIGH AS MANYAS THERE WAS A WHILE AGO WE FIRED ONCE MORE AND THEY BEGAN TO RUNNING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE GULF OF MEXICO WE LOOKED DOWN THE RIVER TILL WE SAW THE BRITISH COME THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A HUNDRED OF THEM BEATING ON A DRUM THEY STEPPED SO HIGH AND THEY MADE THEIR BUGLES RING WHILE WE STOOD BESIDE THE COTTON BOLESAND DID`NT SAY A THING WE FIERD OUR GUNS ... OLD HICKORY SAID WE COULD TAKE EM BY SURPRISE IF WE DIDN`T FIRE OUR MUSKETSTILL WE LOOKED THEM IN THE EYES WE HELD OUR FIRE `TLL WE SEEN THEIR FACES WELL THEN WE OPENED UP OUR SQUIRREL GUNS AND WE REALLY GAVE EM WELL. WE FIRED OUR GUNS ... WELL THEY RUN THROUGH THE BRIARSAND THEY RUN THROUGH THE BRAMBLES AND THEY RAN THROUGH BUSHESWHERE A RABBIT COULDN`T GO THEY RAN SO FAST THAT THE HOUNDS COULD`NT CATCH EM DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE GULF OF MEXICO WE FIRED OUR CANNON `TILL THE BARREL MELTED DOWN THEN WE GRABBED AN ALLIGATORAND WE FOUGHT ANOTHER ROUNDWE FILLED HIS HEAD WITH CONNON BALLSAND POWERED HIS BEHINDAND WHEN WE TOUCHED THE POWDER OFF THE `GATOR LOST HIS MIND Paul Kreshka Lyrics Battle Of New Orleans Lyrics