Battle of New Orleans

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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-comin'
 There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
 We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
 On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
 We looked down a river and we see'd the British come
 And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drums
 They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
 We stood by 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 begin 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 'til we looked them in the eyes
 We held our fire 'til we see their faces well
 Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really 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 begin 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 the 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 '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
 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 begin 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 the rabbit couldn't go
 They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
 On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
 Hup-two-three-four
 Sound off, three-four
 Hup-two-three-four
 Sound off, three-four
 Hup-two-three-four
 Hup-two-three-four
 

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Duration
02:33
Key
9
Tempo
178 BPM

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