The Battle Of New Orleans-Bill Haley & The Comets

[ti:The Battle Of New Orleans] [ar:Bill Haley & The Comets] [al:Jukebox Cannonball] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Battle Of New Orleans - Bill Haley & The Comets [00:10.16]Well in eighteen-fourteen we took a little trip [00:12.44]Along with colonel jackson down the mighty mississip [00:14.92]We took a little bacon and we took a little beans [00:17.42]And we caught the bloody british at the town of new orleans [00:19.95]We fired our guns and the british kept a-comin' [00:22.43]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [00:24.89]We fired once more and they all began a-runnin' [00:27.02]Down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico [00:29.58] [00:32.24]Well we eye-balled the river and we see the limeys come [00:34.28]Musta been a hunnert of 'em beatin' on a drum [00:36.32]And then they stepped so high and they made the bugles ring [00:40.10]We hid behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing [00:42.04]We fired our guns and the british kept a-comin' [00:43.71]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [00:47.00]We fired once more and they all began a-runnin' [00:49.44]Down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico [00:51.68] [00:54.13]Now old hickory says we can take 'em by surprise [00:56.27]If we don't shoot our wads 'til we look 'em in the eyes [00:58.78]So we held off our fire 'til we see them real well [01:01.13]Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em hell [01:03.68]We fired our guns and the british kept a-comin' [01:05.98]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [01:08.69]We fired once more and they all began a-runnin' [01:10.99]Down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico [01:13.42] [01:16.28]Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles [01:18.57]And they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go [01:20.85]Ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em [01:23.19]Down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico [01:25.72] [01:28.62]Well we fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down [01:30.62]So we grabbed an alligator and we turned his tail around [01:32.88]We stuffed his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind [01:36.19]And when we lit the fuse that old gator blew his mind [01:38.58]We fired our guns and the british kept a-comin' [01:41.13]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [01:43.50]We fired once more and they all began a-runnin' [01:45.47]Down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico [01:47.75] [01:50.58]Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles [01:52.76]And they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go [01:55.13]Ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em [01:57.89]Down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico [02:00.17] [02:01.27]Hup hip trip four [02:03.12]Hup hip trip four [02:05.38]Hup hip trip four [02:07.74]Hup hip trip four [02:10.12]Hup hip trip four [02:12.70]Hup hip trip four [02:15.00]Hup hip trip four [02:17.51]Hup hip trip four [02:20.00]Hup hip trip four