in 84 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 a town near new orleans
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 begin to runnin’
on down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico
we looked down a river
huttwo
and we see’d the british come
threefour
and there must have been a hundred of’em
huttwo
beatin’ on the drums
threefour
they stepped so high
huttwo
and they made their bugles ring
threefour
we stood beside our cotton bales
huttwo
and didn’t say a thing
twothreefour
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 begin to runnin’
on down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico
old hickory said we could take ’em by surprise
onehut twothreefour
if we didn’t fire our muskets
onehut twothreefour
’till we looked ’em in the eye
onehut twothreefour
we held our fire
hut twothreefour
’till we see their faces well
then we 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 begin to runnin’
on down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico
4
yeah they ran through the briars
onehuptwo
and they ran through the brambles
huptwothreefour
and they ran through the bushes
huptwo
where the rabbit couldn’t go
huptwothreefour
they ran so fast
huptwo
that the hounds couldn’t catch ’em
onetwothreefour
on down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico
onetwo huptwothreefour
5
we fired our cannon ’til the barrel melted down
so we grabbed an alligator and we fired another round
we filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind
and when we touched the powder off the gator lost his 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 begin to runnin’
on down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico
4
yeah they ran through the briars
huponetwo
and they ran through the brambles
onetwothreefour
and they ran through the bushes
huptwo
where the rabbit couldn’t go
huptwothreefour
they ran so fast
huptwo
that the hounds couldn’t catch ’em
onetwothreefour
on down the mississippi to the gulf of mexico
Artist: Johnny Horton
Year: 1959
Decade: 50s
Language: en
Word Count: 213