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[ti:The Battle of New Orleans] |
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[ar:Johnny Horton] |
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In 1814we 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 |
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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' |
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico |
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We looked down a river |
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And we see'd the British come |
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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 by our cotton bales |
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And didn't say a thing |
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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' |
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico |
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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 |
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Then we opened up our squirrel guns |
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And really gave 'em -well we |
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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' |
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico |
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Yeah,they ran through the briars |
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And they ran through the brambles |
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And they ran through the bushes |
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Where the rabbit couldn't go |
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They ran so fast |
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That the hounds couldn't catch 'em |
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico |
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We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down |
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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 |
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And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind |
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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' |
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico |
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Yeah,they ran through the briars |
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And they ran through the brambles |
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And they ran through the bushes |
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Where the rabbit couldn't go |
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They ran so fast |
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That the hounds couldn't catch 'em |
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico |
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Hut-two-three-four |
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Sound off,three-four |
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Hut-two-three-four |
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Sound off,three-four |
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Hut-two-three-four |