Battle of New Orleans-Jimmy Driftwood

[ti:Battle of New Orleans] [ar:Jimmy Driftwood] [al:The Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Battle of New Orleans - Jimmy Driftwood [00:02.58]Well in 18 and 14 we took a little trip [00:05.16]Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Missisip [00:07.27] [00:08.06]We took a little bacon and we took a little beans [00:10.46]And we met the bloody British in the town of New Orleans [00:12.85]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [00:15.09]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [00:17.90]We fired once more and they began a running [00:20.43]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [00:22.52] [00:24.22]Well I seed Mars Jackson come a-walkin' down the street [00:27.60]And a-talkin' to a pirate by the name of Jean Lafitte [00:29.76] [00:30.42]He gave Jean a drink that he brung from Tennessee [00:32.91]And the pirate said he'd help us drive the British to the sea [00:35.51] [00:36.39]Ell the French told Andrew "You had better run [00:38.77]For Packenham's a comin' with a bullet in his gun" [00:41.79]Old Hickory said he didn't give a damn [00:44.16]He's a-gonna whup the britches off of Colonel Packenham [00:46.63]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [00:48.85]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [00:51.22] [00:51.76]We fired once more and they began a running [00:54.27]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [00:56.31] [01:05.92]Well we looked down the river and we seed the British come [01:09.43]And there must have been a hundred of them beating on the drum [01:11.84] [01:12.60]They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring [01:14.85]While we stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing [01:17.41] [01:18.43]Old Hickory said we could take'em by surprise [01:20.81]If we didn't fire a musket till we looked'em in the eyes [01:23.84]We held our fire till we seed their face well [01:25.98]Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave'em well [01:28.80]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [01:30.70]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [01:33.14] [01:34.27]We fired once more and they began a running [01:36.49]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [01:38.81] [01:40.54]Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles [01:43.64]And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go [01:46.06] [01:47.18]They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch'em [01:49.37]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [01:51.57] [01:53.29]Well we fired our cannons till the barrels melted down [01:56.34]So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round [01:58.70] [01:59.84]We filled his head with minie balls and powdered his behind [02:02.19]And when we touched the powder off the 'gator lost his mind [02:04.89] [02:05.81]They lost their pants and their pretty shiny coats [02:07.86]And their tails was all a-showin' like a bunch of billy goats [02:10.57] [02:11.55]They ran down the river with their tongues a-hanging out [02:13.76]And they said they got a lickin' which there wasn't any doubt [02:16.32]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [02:18.45]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [02:20.92] [02:22.70]We fired once more and they began a running [02:24.94]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [02:27.08] [02:28.70]Well we marched back to town in our dirty ragged pants [02:31.83]And we danced all night with the pretty girls from France [02:34.37] [02:35.46]We couldn't understand'em but they had the sweetest charms [02:37.50]And we understood'em better when we got'em in our arms [02:40.02] [02:41.22]Well the guide who brung the British from the sea [02:43.75]Come a-limping into camp just as sick as he could be [02:46.40] [02:47.28]He said the dying words of Colonel Packenham [02:49.56]Was "You better quit your foolin' with your cousin Uncle Sam" [02:52.27]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [02:54.16]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [02:57.07]We fired once more and they began a running [02:59.42]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [03:01.61] [03:03.30]Well we'll march back home but we'll never be content [03:06.34]Till we make Old Hick'ry the people's president [03:08.80] [03:09.92]And every time we think about the bacon and the beans [03:12.30]We'll think about the fun we had way down in New Orleans [03:14.90]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [03:16.80]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [03:19.21] [03:20.46]We fired once more and they began a running [03:22.71]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [03:24.80] [03:26.53]Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles [03:29.59]And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go [03:32.20] [03:33.02]They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch'em [03:35.27]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [03:37.39] [03:38.46]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [03:40.45]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [03:42.64] [03:43.16]We fired once more and they began a running [03:45.43]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico