The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Battle Of New Orleans lyrics

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 We fired our guns and the british kept a comin' There wasn't 'bout as many as there was awhile ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico Oh we looked down the river and we seen the british come There must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on a drum They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring We stood behind our cotton bales and didn¹t say a thing Old hickory said we could take 'em by surprise If we didn¹t fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eyes We held our fire till we seen their faces well Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave 'em a little...well....we... ....fired our guns and the british kept a comin' There wasn't 'bout as many as there was awhile ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico We fired our cannons till the barrels melted down Then we grabbed an alligator and we fired another round We filled his head with cannonballs 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 'bout as many as there was awhile ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico We fired our guns and the british kept a comin' There wasn't 'bout as many as there was awhile ago We fired once more and they began to runnin' On down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico