The Battle of New Orleans(Special Version Cut for England)-Johnny Horton

[ti:The Battle of New Orleans] [ar:Johnny Horton] [al:Your Christmas with Johnny Horton] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Battle of New Orleans(Special Version Cut for England) - Johnny Horton [00:09.59]In eighteen-fourteen we took a little trip [00:12.31]Along with colonel jackson down the mighty mississipp' [00:14.99]We took a little bacon and we took a little beans [00:17.39]And we caught the bloody british in the town of new orleans [00:20.30]We fired our guns and the british kept on comin' [00:22.83]There wasn't neigh as many as there was a while ago [00:25.62]We fired once more and they began to runnin' [00:28.22]On down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico [00:30.52] [00:33.28]We looked down the river and we seen the british come [00:35.89]And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin on the drum [00:38.66]They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring [00:41.17]We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing [00:44.02]We fired our guns and the british kept on comin' [00:46.47]There wasn't neigh as many as there was a while ago [00:49.33]We fired once more and they began to runnin' [00:51.91]On down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico [00:54.24] [00:57.00]Ol' hickory said we could take 'em by surprise [00:59.67]If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes [01:02.47]We held our fire 'til we seen their faces well [01:04.93]Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave em well [01:07.88]We fired our guns and the british kept on comin' [01:11.28]There wasn't neigh as many as there was a while ago [01:13.91]We fired once more and they began to runnin' [01:16.54]On down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico [01:18.93] [01:21.62]Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles [01:24.21]And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go [01:27.21]They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em [01:29.90]Down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico [01:32.24] [01:37.90]We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down [01:40.19]Then we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round [01:42.91]We filled his head with cannonballs and powered his behind [01:45.65]And when we touched the powder off the 'gator lost his mind [01:48.33]We fired our guns and the british kept on comin' [01:50.87]There wasn't neigh as many as there was a while ago [01:53.61]We fired once more and they began to runnin' [01:56.17]On down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico [01:58.54] [02:01.26]They ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles [02:04.02]And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go [02:06.85]They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em [02:09.56]A down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico