Battle Of New Orleans-The Sheltons

[ti:Battle Of New Orleans] [ar:The Sheltons] [al:Country Kings Volume 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Battle Of New Orleans - The Sheltons [00:10.83]In 1814 we took a little trip [00:13.47]Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip [00:16.08]We took a little bacon and we took a little beans [00:18.86]And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans [00:21.53]We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' [00:24.29]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [00:27.22]We fired once more and they begin to runnin' [00:29.35]On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [00:31.94] [00:35.37]We looked down the river [00:36.42]And we see'd the British come [00:37.72]And there must have been a hundred of 'em [00:39.55]Beatin' on the drums [00:40.34]They stepped so high [00:41.36]And they made their bugles ring [00:42.95]We stood beside our cotton bales [00:44.56]And didn't say a thing [00:45.81]We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' [00:48.41]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [00:51.35]We fired once more and they begin to runnin' [00:53.71]On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [00:56.21] [00:59.48]Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise [01:02.07]If we didn't fire our muskets [01:03.53]'Till we looked 'em in the eye [01:04.92]We held our fire [01:05.92]'Till we see'd their faces well [01:07.08]Then we opened up our squirrel guns [01:09.04]And really gave 'em - well we [01:11.33]Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' [01:13.45]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [01:16.26]We fired once more and they begin to runnin' [01:18.90]On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [01:21.24] [01:24.36]Yeah they ran through the briars [01:25.75]And they ran through the brambles [01:26.91]And they ran through the bushes [01:28.36]Where a rabbit couldn't go [01:29.88]They ran so fast [01:31.04]That the hounds couldn't catch 'em [01:32.53]On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [01:34.71] [01:40.80]We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down [01:43.16]So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round [01:46.03]We filled his head with cannon balls [01:47.62]And powdered his behind [01:48.55]And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind [01:51.82]We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' [01:53.87]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [01:56.75]We fired once more and they begin to runnin' [01:59.27]On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [02:01.76] [02:04.89]Yeah they ran through the briars [02:06.44]And they ran through the brambles [02:07.65]And they ran through the bushes [02:08.94]Where a rabbit couldn't go [02:10.45]They ran so fast [02:11.36]That the hounds couldn't catch 'em [02:12.91]On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [02:15.34] [02:16.31]Hut-two-three-four [02:18.71]Sound off three-four [02:20.76] [02:21.37]Hut-two-three-four [02:23.26] [02:23.96]Sound off three-four [02:26.18] [02:26.90]Hut-two-three-four [02:29.25] [02:29.76]Hut-two-three-four