in 84 we took a little trip
along with colonel jackson down the mighty mississip’
we tookalittle bacon andwe took a little beans
and caughtthe bloody british near the town of new orleans
we fired our guns and the british kept acomin’
there wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago
fired once more and they began to runnin’
down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico
we looked down the river and we seed the british come
there must have been a hundred of ’em beatin’ on the drum
stepped so high and they made the bugles ring
we stood beside our cotton bale and didn’t say a thing
we fired our guns and the british kept acomin’
there wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago
fired once more and they began to runnin’
down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico
old hickory said we could take ’em by surprise
if we didn’t fire our musket ’til we looked ’em in the eyes
we held our fire ’til we seed their faces well
and opened up our squirrel guns and really gave ’em
well we
fired our guns and the british kept acomin’
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
well they ran through the briers 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 ’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 it blew the gator’s mind
we fired our guns and the british kept acomin’
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
well they ran through the briers 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
Artist: Harpers Bizarre
Year: 1968
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 179