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 on comin'

There wasn'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.



We looked down the river and we've seen the british come

and there must have been a hunnerd of 'em beatin on the drum.

They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring

but we stood behind our cotton bales 'n' didn't say a thing.



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Ol' Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise

if we didn't fire our muskets 'till we looked 'em in the eyes.

We held our fire 'till we seed their faces well

then we opened up the squirrel guns and really gave em....

well we



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Well 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.



We fired our cannon 'till the barrel melted down

so we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round.

We filled his head with cannonballs, powered 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

A down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.