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Wed 2 Mar, 2005 03:53 pm
Here are some lyrics, anyone know the song or the artist? It is a folk type song.
We fired our guns but the British kept a coming,
We fired one more and they began a running,
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
If anyone knows what the song title is or where I might find a digital copy, please let me know.
Battle of New Orleans
In eighteen fourteen 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 near the town of New Orleans...
Here's a site devoted to the writer Jimmy Driftwood
http://billslater.com/driftwood.htm
I thought this was by Simon and Jethro, or did they do a remake of it way back when?
Yeah, Homer & Jethro did a parody called The Battle Of Kukamonga
Hi pgerstner and welcome to a2k. The rendition you hear most is by Johnny Horton.
The Battle Of New Orleans
Johnny Horton
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 seed the British come
And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
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
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eyes
We held our fire till we seed their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave 'em ..Well....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
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
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs 'n' 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 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
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
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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panzade wrote:Yeah, Homer & Jethro did a parody called The Battle Of Kukamonga
Oh yeah....Homer....oops.....I was a big fan when I was 10.....had them on 8 track......lol