Hoyt Axton - Battle of New Orleans lyrics

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down
The mighty Mississippi
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'
But wasn't nigh as many as
There was a while ago
Fired once more and they began a runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Oh, we looked down the river and
We seen the British come
And there must have been a hundred
Of 'em beatin' on the drum
Stepped so high and they
Make their bugles ring
We stood behind our cotton bales
And didn't say a thing
Well they ran through the briars
And they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
Where a rabbit couldn't go
Ran so fast that the
Hounds couldn't catch 'em
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Old Hickory said we could
Take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til
We looked 'em in the eyes
We kept real still 'til we
Seed their faces swell
We opened up our squirrel guns
And really gave 'em repeat
Repeat we fired our guns 'til
The barrels melted down
Then 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