Artist: | Recorded by Johnny Horton (English) |
User: | thejackwelch |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
The Battle Of New Orleans - Recorded by Johnny Horton, written by Jimmie Driftwood
[Intro]
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[1st Verse]
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In 1814 we took a little trip
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Along with Col. Jackson down the mighty Mississip’
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We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
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And we caught the bloody British in a town near New Orleans.
[Chorus]
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We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
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There wasn't neigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
[2nd Verse]
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We looked down the river and we see'd the British come
(Hut-two three-four)
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And there musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' on the drum
(Hut-two three-four)
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They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
(Hut-two three-four)
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We stood beside our cotton fields and didn't say a thing.
(Hut-two three-four)
(Repeat Chorus)
[3rd Verse]
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Old Hick'ry said we could take 'em by su'prise
(Hup-two three-four)
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If we didn't fire our musket till we looked 'em in the eyes
(Hup-two three-four)
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We held our fire till we see'd their faces well
(Hup-two three-four)
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Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... Well -
(Repeat Chorus)
[Bridge]
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Yeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
(hup-two-three-four, hup-two-three-four)
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And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
(hup-two-three-four, hup-two-three-four)
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
(hup-two-three-four, hup-two-three-four)
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
(hup-two-three-four, hup-two-three-four)
[4th Verse]
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We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
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So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
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We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind
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And when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.
(Repeat Chorus)
[Repeat Bridge]
(Hup-two three-four)(Sound off three-four)
(Hup-two three-four)(Sound off three-four) (FADE)