In 1814 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 met the bloody British
In the town of New Orleans
We 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'
Down the Mississippi
To the Gulf of Mexico
We looked down the river
And we seen the British come
And there must've been
A hundred of 'em
Beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high
And they made the bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton fields
And didn't say a thing
We 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'
Down the Mississippi
To the Gulf of Mexico
Ol' Hickory said we could
Take 'em by surprise
lf we didn't fire our muskets
Till we looked 'em in the eyes
We held our fire
Till we saw their faces well
Then we opened up
The squirrel guns
And really gave 'em: well...
We 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'
Down the Mississippi
To the Gulf of Mexico
Yeah they ran through the briars
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
Till 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 power off
The gator lost his mind
We 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'
Down the Mississippi
To the Gulf of Mexico
Yeah they ran through the briars
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