IN EIGHTEEN-FOURTEEN
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 THEY CAUGHT
THE BLOODY BRITISH
IN A TOWN IN NEW ORLEANS
WE FIRED OUR GUNS
AND THE BRITISH KEPT A-COMIN'
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 THE RIVER
AND WE SEEN THE BRITISH COME
AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN
A HUNDRED OF 'EM
BEATIN' ON THE DRUM
THEY STEPPED SO HIGH
AND THEY MADE
THEIR BUGLES RING
WE STOOD BESIDE
OUR COTTON BALES
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 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
IF WE DIDN'T FIRE OUR MUSKETS
'TIL WE LOOKED 'EM IN THE EYE
WE HELD OUR FIRE
'TIL WE SEEN THEIR FACES WELL
THEN WE OPENED UP
OUR 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 A WHILE AGO
WE FIRED ONCE MORE
AND THEY BEGIN TO RUNNIN'
ON 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
ON 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
THE 'GATOR LOST HIS MIND
WE FIRED OUR GUNS
AND THE BRITISH KEPT A-COMIN'
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
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
ON DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI
TO THE GULF OF MEXICO
HUP, TWO, THREE, FOUR
SOUND OFF, THREE, FOUR
HUP, TWO, THREE, FOUR
SOUND OFF, THREE, FOUR