
| 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 |
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| 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 see'd the British come |
| And there musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' on the drum |
| They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring |
| We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing |
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| Old Hick'ry said we could take 'em by surprise |
| If we didn't fire our musket till we looked 'em in the eyes |
| We held our fire till we see'd their faces well |
| Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em ... well |
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| 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 'til the barrel melted down |
| So we grabbed an alligator and we 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 |
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| 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 |
| Hup2,3,4. Sound off3,4. Hup2,3,4. |
| Sound off3,4. Hup2,3,4..... |