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The Battle Of New Orleans by Pete Seeger
The Battle Of New Orleans
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In 18 & 14 we took a little trip
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Along with Col. Jackson down the mighty Mississip'
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We took a little bacon & we took a little beans
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And we met the bloddy British near the town of New Orleans
Chorus 1:
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We fired our guns & the British kept a-comin'
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There wasn't nigh as many as they was a while ago
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We fired once more & they commenced a-runnin'
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On down the MIssissippio to the Gulf of Mexico
Well I see'd Marse Jackson a-walkin' down the street
And a-talking to a pirate by the name of Jean Lafitte
He gave Jean a drink that he'd brung from Tennessee
And the pirate said he'd help us drive the British to the sea
Well the French told Andrew "You had better run
'Cuz Packenham's a-comin' with a bullet in his gun"
Old Hickory said he didn't give a damn
He's gonna whip the britches off of Col. Packenham
We looked down the river & we seed the British come
There must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high & they made their bugles ring
While we stood beside our cotton bales & didn't say a thing
Old Hick'ry said we'd take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire a musket till we looked 'em in the eyes
We held our fire til we seed their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns & really gave 'em Hell
Chorus 2: (same chords as first chorus) ***for Driftwood version, play
chorus 1 here instead*****
Well they ran thru the briars & they ran thru the brambles
And they ran thru the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'e
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
They lost their pants & their pretty shiny coats
And their tails wer all a-showin' like a bunch of billy goats
They ran down the river til their tongues were hangin' out
And they said they got a lickin' which there wasn't any doubt
Well we went back to town in our dirty ragged pants
And we danced all night with them pretty firls from France
We couldn't understand 'em but they had the sweetest charms
And we understood 'em better when we got 'em in our arms
Well the guide who brung the British from the sea
Came a-limpin' into camp just as sick as he could be
He said the dyin' words of Col. Packenham
Was "You'd better quit foolin' with your cousin Uncle Sam'
replace the previous 2 verses with this one for Jimmy Driftwood version
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*Well, we fired our cannon til the barrel melted down, *
*so we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round. *
*We filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind, *
*and when they tetched the powder off, the gator lost his mind *
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Well we'll march back home but we'll never be content
Until we make Old Hickory the People's President
And every time we think about the bacon & the beans
We'll think about the fun we had way down in New Orleans
*****end with chorus 1, chorus 2, chorus 1 for Jimmy Driftwood version.
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