The Battle Of New Orleans

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In 1814 we took a little trip
 Along with Cournel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
 We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
 We fought the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
 We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin
 Wouldn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
 We fired once more and they began to runnin'
 Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
 Well 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 began to sing
 We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
 We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin
 But 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
 Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
 Well we fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down
 And we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
 We filled his head with cannon ball and 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
 Wouldn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
 We fired once more and they began to runnin'
 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
 Oh Papapa, papapa, papapa on
 Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
 Opa, opa, give them line aboard
 Here comes Cournel Jackson
 Yea, we fired our guns and the British kept a'comin
 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
 He-ey, 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
 Hahaha You can't catch me
 Can't catch me, there redcoat
 

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Duration
02:21
Key
11
Tempo
169 BPM

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