Battle Of New Orleans-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

[ti:Battle Of New Orleans] [ar:Nitty Gritty Dirt Band] [al:Stars And Stripes Forever] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.20]Battle Of New Orleans - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [00:02.14]Written by：Traditional/Arranged By [00:03.17] [00:14.21]In 1814 we took a little trip [00:16.72]Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip [00:19.49]We took a little bacon and we took a little [00:21.53]Beans [00:21.81]Fought the bloody British in the town of [00:23.86]Orleans [00:24.55]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [00:27.22]Wasn't 'bout as many as there was awhile ago [00:29.73]Fired once more and they began to runnin' [00:32.47]Down the Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico [00:34.73]Oh we looked down the river and we seen the [00:36.76]British come [00:37.56]Must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on [00:39.23]A drum [00:39.97]Stepped so high and they made their bugles ring [00:42.61]We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a [00:44.70]Thing [00:45.29]Fired our guns and the british kept a comin' [00:47.82]Wasn't 'bout many as there was awhile ago [00:50.43]Fired once more and they began to runnin' [00:52.97]Down the Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico [00:55.32] [00:57.33]Well they ran through the briars and they ran through [00:59.27]The brambles [01:00.08]Ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't [01:01.99]Go [01:02.82]Ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em [01:05.34]Down the Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico [01:07.71] [01:17.90]Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise [01:20.39]If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked 'em [01:22.28]In the eyes [01:22.81]We held our fire till we seen their faces well [01:25.21]Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave 'em [01:27.35]Hell [01:28.18]Fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [01:30.63]Wasn't 'bout as many as there was awhile ago [01:33.29]Fired once more and they began to runnin' [01:35.75]On down the Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico [01:38.02]We fired our cannons till the barrels melted down [01:40.64]Then we grabbed an alligator and we fired another round [01:43.17]We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind [01:45.87]And when we touched the powder off the gator lost [01:47.80]His mind [01:48.29] [02:08.44]Well they ran through the briars and they ran through [02:10.65]The brambles [02:11.25]And they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't [02:13.47]Go [02:14.08]Ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em [02:16.66]Down the Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico [02:18.72]Hip on