Tonart: B major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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This year the story about
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the Battle of New Orleans,
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which was fit between the Yan kees of
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course and them there English people,
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in which the British
came off rather ignominiously.
It means they never done no good,
no harm.
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All right, shut up. Right.
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Well, in 1814 we took a little trip
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Along with Colonel Packham
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down to muddy Mississippi
We took a little bacon
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and we took a little beans
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And we fought the blooming British
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in the town of New Orleans
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Well, we fired our guns
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and the British kept a -comin'
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There wasn't as many
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as there was a while ago
Well, we fired once more
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and they began a -runnin'
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On down the Mississippi to
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the Gulf of Mexico
Well, we looked down the river
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till we see the British come
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There must have been a hundred
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of them beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high
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and they made the bugles ring
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Well, we stood beside the cotton bales
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and never said a thing
Well, we fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
And there wasn't as many
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as there was a while ago
and they began a -runnin'
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on down the Mississippi to
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Heedle -rum -a -hoedle -rum -a,
heedle -rum -a -hoedle -rum
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Well, old Crackenham said we
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could take them by surprise
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If we didn't fire our muskets,
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so we looked them in the eye
Yeah, we stood quiet still
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till we see their faces well
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Then we opened up our muskets
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and we really gave them whirl
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Well, fired our guns
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and the British kept a -comin'
And there was not as many as there was
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when we fired once more
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on down the Mississippi to the
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Gulf of Mexico
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Well, they ran through the briars
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and they ran through the brambles
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And they ran through the bushes
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where the rabbits couldn't go
They ran so fast
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that the hounds couldn't catch them all
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Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We fired our guns,
British kept a -comin'
And there was not many as
there was a while ago
And we fired once more,
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they began a -runnin' all down
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The Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We fired our muskets
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till the barrels melted down
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Then we grabbed an alligator
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and we fought another round
We stuffed his head with cannonballs
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and pounded his behind
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And when we touched the powder
off the gator, lost his mind
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Well, we fired our guns,
but he skipped a comin' and goin'
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Not many years, it was a while ago
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But once more, he began runnin' on down
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the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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Down the Mississippi to
the Gulf of Mexico
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Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico,
Down the Mississippi to the
Gulf of Mexico, Willie
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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