request for the lyrics to the song battle of new Orleans.
eric.rhoads
eighteen fourteen took a little trip. that is all I remember, really think
the song is cool and read the history of how the song came about. Johnny
Horton was the singer but a few other people did do there own versions of
the song.
Ronald E. Hontz
The Battle Of New Orleans
-Artist: Johnny Horton
-the # 21 song of the 1955-1959 rock era
-was # 1 for 6 weeks in 1959
-Words and Music by Jimmy Driftwood
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 nigh 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 the river and we seed the British come
And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin'
There wasn't nigh 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 till we looked 'em in the eyes
We held our fire till we seed their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave 'em ..Well....we...
Fired our guns and the British kept a'comin'
There wasn't nigh 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
We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs 'n' 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 nigh 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
SPOKEN TAG
Hut, hut, three, four
Sound off, three, four
Hut, hut, three, four
Sound off, three, four
Hut, hut, three, four
Lawrence W. Aiken
In article <01bd3fc9$969ba100$814937a6@default>, "eric.rhoads"
<eric....@MCIONE.com> wrote:
> eighteen fourteen took a little trip. that is all I remember,
really think
>the song is cool and read the history of how the song came about. Johnny
>Horton was the singer but a few other people did do there own versions of
>the song.
It's your lucky day. I owned the Johnny Horton single as a kid and
memorized the lyrics sometime around 1967. I've been singing the song
ever since and you're right, it IS cool.
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 fought the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.
(Cho.)
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'
From down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
We looked down the river and we see'd the British come
And there must-a been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high and we heard their bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton fields and didn't say a thing.
(Cho.)
Old Hick'ry said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes
We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces dwell
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em well...we
(Cho.)
(Refrain)
Well they ran through the briars and they ran through brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit wouldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
From down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
Then we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind.
(Cho.)
(Refrain)
Wayne Garvin
On Sun, 22 Feb 1998 19:38:53 GMT
"eric.rhoads" <eric....@MCIONE.com> wrote:
> eighteen fourteen took a little trip. that is all I remember, really think
>the song is cool and read the history of how the song came about. Johnny
>Horton was the singer but a few other people did do there own versions of
>the song.
From Lyrics World http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/summer.html
Lots of interesting info about the song can be found at
http://www.crl.com/~tsimon/battle.htm
The Battle Of New Orleans
-Artist: Johnny Horton
-the # 21 song of the 1955-1959 rock era
-was # 1 for weeks in 1959
-Words and Music by Jimmy Driftwood
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 nigh 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 the river and we seed the British come
And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin'
There wasn't nigh 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 till we looked 'em in the eyes
We held our fire till we seed their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave 'em ..Well....we...
協ired our guns and the British kept a'comin'
There wasn't nigh 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
We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs 'n' 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 nigh 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
SPOKEN TAG
Hut, hut, three, four
Sound off, three, four
Hut, hut, three, four
Sound off, three, four
Hut, hut, three, four
Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
ronh...@worldnet.att.net
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