Ray Stevens - 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'comin
There wasn't nigh as many as
There was a while ago
We fired once more and they
Began to runnin' 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 beatin' 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 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til
We looked 'em in the eye
We held our fire 'til we
See'd their faces well
Then we opened up with squirrel
Guns and really gave 'Em 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 'em
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We fired our cannon 'til
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 'em
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico