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The Battle of New Orleans (Arr. J. Driftwood) Johnny Horton Pop Chart # 1 Apr. 27, 1959 Album: 16 Biggest Hits Columbia Legacy Records ck 69971 [Intro] A D A E7 A A|-7---|------------|-7-7-7---|--7-----0-|--0-------|----------|0-------| E|---9-|------7-9-10|-------9-|9---9-7---|2---2-0---|--0-0-2-4-|--------| C|-----|9-9-9-------|---------|----------|--------2-|1---------|--------| g|-----|------------|---------|----------|----------|----------|--------| [Verse 1]
In A1814 we Dtook a little trip AE7long with Colonel Jackson down the Amighty Mississip' We took a little bacon and we Dtook a little beans And we E7caught the bloody British in a Atown in New Orleans
[Chorus]
We Afired our guns and the British kept a-comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there E7was a while aAgo We Afired once more and they begin to runnin On down the Mississippi to the E7Gulf of MexiAco
[Verse 2]
We Alooked down the river and we Dsee'd the British come And there E7must have been a hundred of 'em Abeatin' on the drums AThey stepped so high and they Dmade their bugles ring We E7stood beside our cotton bales and Adidn't say a thing
[Chorus]
We Afired our guns and the British kept a-comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there E7was a while aAgo We Afired once more and they begin to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the E7Gulf of MexiAco
[Verse 3]
Old AHickory said we could Dtake 'em by surprise. If we E7didn't fire our muskets till we Alooked 'em in the eye. We Aheld our fire till we Dsee'd their faces well Then we E7opened up our squirrel guns and Areally gave 'em - well we
[Chorus]
AFired our guns and the British kept a-comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there E7was a while aAgo We Afired once more and they begin to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the E7Gulf of MexiAco
[Bridge]
Yeah, they Aran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they Aran through the bushes where a E7rabbit couldn't Ago They Aran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em On down the Mississippi to the E7Gulf of MexiAco
[Verse 4]
We Afired our cannon 'til the Dbarrel melted down So we E7grabbed an alligator and we Afought another round We Afilled his head with cannon balls and Dpowdered his behind And E7when we touched the powder off the Agator lost his mind
[Chorus]
We Afired our guns and the British kept a-comin' There wasn't nigh as many as there E7was a while aAgo We Afired once more and they begin to runnin' On down the Mississippi to the E7Gulf of MexiAco
[Outro]
Yeah, they Aran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a E7rabbit couldn't Ago They Aran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em On down the Mississippi to the E7Gulf of MexiAco