The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton

In 
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eightteen fourteen we 
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took a little trip, a
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long with Colonel Jackson down the 
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mighty Mississip

We 
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took a little bacon and we 
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took a little beans. We 
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caught the bloody British near the 
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town of New Orleans

    We 
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fired our guns and the British kept a-comin. There wasn't not as many as there 
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was a while a
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go

    We 
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fired once more and they began to runnin on down the Mississippi to the 
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Gulf of Mexi
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co

    They 
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ran through the briers and they ran through the brambles, ran through the bushes where a 
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rabbit couldn't 
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go

    
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Ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch'em on down the Mississippi to the 
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Gulf of Mexi
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co

We 
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looked down a river and we 
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see'd the British come. There 
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must have been a hundred of 'em 
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beatin' on the drum

They 
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stepped so high and they 
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made their bugles ring. We 
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stood behind our cotton bales and 
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didn't say a thing

Old 
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Hickory said, We could 
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take 'em by surprise, if we 
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didn't fire our muskets 'til we 
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looked 'em in the eyes

We 
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held our fire 'til we 
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see'd their faces well. Then we 
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opened up our squirrel guns 
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really and gave 'em .. well we

We 
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fired our cannon 'til the 
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barrel melted down. Then we 
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caught an alligator and we 
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fought another round

We 
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stuffed his head with cannonballs and 
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powdered his behind. 
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When we touched the powder off, the 
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gator blew his mind