Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans Lyrics

Lyrics The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton



In 1814, we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We looked down a river
And we see'd the British come
And there must have been a hundred of 'em
Beatin' on the drums
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets
'Til we looked 'em in the eye
We held our fire
'Til we see'd their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns
And really gave 'em, well
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Yeah, they ran through the briars
And they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
Where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast
That the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Yeah, they ran through the briars
And they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
Where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast
That the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Hut-two-three-four
Sound off, three-four
Hut-two-three-four
Sound off, three-four



Writer(s): JAMES MORRIS


Johnny Horton - Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960

1 Honky-Tonk Man
2 I'm A One-Woman Man
3 Take Me Like I Am
4 I Don't Like I Did (Before)
5 Hooray For That Little Difference
6 I'm Coming Home
7 She Knows Why
8 The Woman I Need (Honky Tonk Mind)
9 Goodbye Lonesome (Hello, Baby Doll)
10 I'll Do It Every Time
11 Let's Take The Long Way Home
12 Lovers Rock
13 Honky-Tonk Hardwood Floor
14 The Wild One
15 Hot In the Sugar Cane Field
16 Wise To The Ways Of A Woman
17 Out In New Mexico
18 I Love You Baby
19 All Grown Up
20 Got the Bull By the Horns
21 When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
22 The Battle of New Orleans
23 Lost Highway
24 Cherokee Boogie
25 The Golden Rocket
26 Words
27 Johnny Reb
28 Sal's Got A Sugar Lip
29 The Electrified Donkey
30 Sink the Bismark
31 Ole Slew Foot
32 Sleepy-Eyed John
33 The Mansion You Stole
34 North To Alaska*
35 Evil Hearted Me
36 You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore




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