In 1814 we took a little trip,
'long with Colonel Jackson
down the Mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon
and we took a little bean,
And fought the b_____ British
in the Town of New Orleans.

Fired our guns and the British kept a comin,
and there wasn't nigh as many
as there was awhile ago.
Fired once more and they began to runnin'
on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

Looked down the river
and we seen the British come,
must'a have been a hundred of em
beatin on a drum.
Stepp'n so high,
like to make their bugles ring.
We stood beside our cotton bales
and didn't say a thing.

Fired our guns and the British kept a comin,
and there wasn't nigh as many
as there was awhile ago.
Fired once more and they began to runnin'
goin' down the Mississippi
to the Gulf of Mexico.

And they ran through the briar
and they ran through the bramble
and they ran through the bushes
where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast the hounds
they couldn't catch 'em,
goin' down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

Old Hickory said you could take em by surprise,
If you didn't fire our muskets
till we looked em in the eyes.
We held our fire till we seen their faces well,
Then we opened up our squirrel guns
and gave em a little hell

Fired our guns and
the British kept a comin,
There wasn't nigh as many
as there was awhile ago.
We fired once more
and they began to runnin,
goin' down the Mississippi
to the Gulf of Mexico.

We fired our cannon
till the barrel melted down,
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,
the gator blew his mind.

And they ran through the briar
and they ran through the bramble
and they ran through the bushes
where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast the hounds
they couldn't catch 'em, goin'
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

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