Johnny Horton-The Battle of Bull Run
Mary Retallick
Please email mret...@colfax.com.
RippChord
I think the song you are looking for is
actually "The Battle Of New Orleans"
by Johnny Horton. Just trying to help.:)
Check www.lyrics.ch/ website for lyrics.
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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.
We fired our guns and the British kept a-coming
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they begin a running,
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Ole Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets 'till we look 'em in the eyes.
We held our fire 'til we seen their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em, Well..
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They ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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We fired our canons 'til the barrel melted down
Then we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round.
We stuffed his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind,
And when we shot the fire off the gator lost his mind.
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