[ti:The Battle of New Orleans] [ar:Jimmie Driftwood] [al:He Had a Long Chain On] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Battle of New Orleans - Jimmie Driftwood [00:01.78]Well in 1814 we took a little trip [00:05.27]Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip [00:08.57]We took a little bacon and we took a little beans [00:10.84]And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans [00:13.00]We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin [00:15.36]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [00:18.35]We fired once more and they began to runnin' on [00:20.97]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [00:24.77]Well I seed Mars Jackson come a-walkin' down the street [00:27.82]And a-talkin' to a pirate by the name of Jean Lafitte [00:30.80]He gave Jean a drink that he brung from Tennessee [00:33.25]And the pirate said he'd help us [00:34.65]Drive the British to the sea [00:36.83]Well the French told Andrew [00:38.36]You had better run [00:39.21]For packenham's acomin' with a bullet in his gun [00:42.32]Old hickory said he didn't give a d**n [00:44.63]He's a-gonna whup the britches off of Colonel Packenham [00:47.11]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [00:49.30]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [00:52.22]We fired once more and they began a running [00:54.85]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [01:06.27]Well we looked down the river and we seed the British come [01:09.81]And there must have been a hundred [01:10.88]Of them beating on the drum [01:13.16]They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring [01:15.56]While we stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing [01:19.05]Old hickory said we could take e'm by surprise [01:21.41]If we didn't fire a musket till [01:22.68]We looked e'm in the eyes [01:24.44]We held our fire till we seed their face well [01:26.72]Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave e'm well [01:29.33]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [01:31.35]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [01:34.98]We fired once more and they began a running [01:37.22]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [01:41.22]Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles [01:44.34]And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go [01:47.72]They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch e'm [01:50.19]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [01:53.96]Well we fired our cannons till the barrels melted down [01:57.13]So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round [02:00.52]We filled his head with minie balls and powdered his behind [02:02.85]And when we touched the powder off the 'gator lost his mind [02:06.40]They lost their pants and their pretty shiny coats [02:08.72]And their tails was all a-showin' like a bunch of billy goats [02:12.28]They ran down the river with their tongues a-hanging out [02:14.49]And they said they got a lickin' which there wasn't any doubt [02:16.81]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [02:19.20]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [02:23.23]We fired once more and they began a running [02:25.59]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [02:29.50]Well we marched back to town in our dirty ragged pants [02:32.61]And we danced all night with the pretty girls from France [02:36.15]We couldn't understand 'em but they had the sweetest charms [02:38.67]And we understood 'em better when we got 'em in our arms [02:42.05]Well the guide who brung the British from the sea [02:44.49]Come a-limping into camp just as sick as he could be [02:47.94]He said the dying words of Colonel Packenham [02:50.34]Was you better quit your foolin' with your cousin Uncle Sam [02:52.69]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [02:54.98]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [02:57.90]We fired once more and they began a running [03:00.49]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [03:04.20]Well we'll March back home but we'll never be content [03:07.26]Till we make old hick'ry the people's president [03:10.78]And every time we think about the bacon and the beans [03:13.21]We'll think about the fun we had way down in New Orleans [03:15.36]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [03:17.76]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [03:21.42]We fired once more and they began a running [03:23.76]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [03:27.31]Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles [03:30.38]And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go [03:33.87]They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em [03:36.37]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico [03:39.51]We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' [03:41.27]There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago [03:44.05]We fired once more and they began a running [03:46.63]Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico