The Battle of New Orleans (Jimmie Driftwood cover)

Well, 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 We met the bloody British in the town of New Orleans 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 begin a-runnin' Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico We looked down a river and we've see the British come There must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring We stood beside 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 begin a-runnin' Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Old Hickory said, "We could take 'em by surprise If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes" We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really 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 begin a-runnin' Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico And they ran through the briers and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where the 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 'til the barrel melted down So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind They ran through the briers and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where the rabbit couldn't go They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico 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 begin a-runnin' Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico