Johnny Cash - The 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 caught 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
Began to running on
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We looked down the river and
We see'd the British come
And there must have been a hundred
Of'em beating on the drum
They stepped so high and they
Made the bugles ring
We stood by our cotton bales
And didn't say a thing

Old Hickory said we could
Take them by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets until
We looked them in the eye
We held our fire until we
See'd their faces well
Then we opened up with squirrel guns
And really gave them well

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 them
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We fired our cannon until
The barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and
We fought another round
We filled his head with cannon balls
And powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off
The gator lost his mind

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 them
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico