Leon Russell - The Battle of New Orleans lyrics
[Leon Russell - 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
A town in 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 musta' been a hundred of
'em beating on the drum
They stepped so high and they
Made their bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton bales
And didn't say a thing
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
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
A town in 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 musta' been a hundred of
'em beating on the drum
They stepped so high and they
Made their bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton bales
And didn't say a thing
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