Lyrics to Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans"-- Part 2

Again, please no singing along as you read them.

REFRAIN

"Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets
'Till we looked 'em in the eye
We held our fire
Till we seed their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns
And really gave 'em....Well....

REFRAIN 2

"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 them
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.


"We fired our cannons 'till the barrels melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind.

Refrains.

Think I'll have to Go Play This Song and Really Sing Along With It.  --Brock-Perry

Lyrics to Johnny Horton's "Battle of New Orleans"-- Part 1

Arranged by J. Driftwood, sung by Johnny Horton.  Hit #1 on the Billboard pop charts April 27, 1959.  You can find it on the Johnny Horton album 16 Biggest Hits.

Please do not sing along as you read it!

"In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp
We took a little bacon we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.

REFRAIN

"We fired out guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there were 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
A beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high
And they made the bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton bales And didn't say a thing.

Then a new refrain in the next post.

Didn't Sing Along, Did You?  --Brock-Perry