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In 1814 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 caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans

We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We looked down the river and we seed the British come
And there must have been a hundred of'em beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing

We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Old Hickory said we could take'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked'em in the eyes
We held our fire till we seed their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave'em...well...we...

...fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs'n powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off,the gator lost his mind

We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Hut,hut,three,four
Sound off, three,four
Hut,hut, three,four
Sound off,three,four
Hut,hut,three,four
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Cover art for Battle of New Orleans lyrics by Johnny Horton

This song definitely does not take place in the revolution, the first line dates it in 1814.

Cover art for Battle of New Orleans lyrics by Johnny Horton

It's the War of 1812, it lasted longer, but it's the War of 1812, I'm a History Major.

Cover art for Battle of New Orleans lyrics by Johnny Horton

Ya it was fought as a part of the war of 1812 even though the treaty ending the war had already been signed and the commanding officers of each side hadn't heard about it yet.

Cover art for Battle of New Orleans lyrics by Johnny Horton

Yeah they signed the treaty but as you know news wasn't as fast as it was back then as it is now. The Treaty of Ghent had been signed on 24 December 1814, but news of the peace would not reach the combatants until February, and the final battle of 1812 was in march if i'm not mistaken if not the spring of 1815.

Cover art for Battle of New Orleans lyrics by Johnny Horton

HA i remembered this song when i was 5 years old

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Cover art for Battle of New Orleans lyrics by Johnny Horton

funny song about kicking british ass in the revolution