1. C F In 1814 we took a little trip, G7 C Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip’ C F We took a little bacon and we took a little beans G7 And we caught the bloody British in the C town of New Orleans. C0003 F2010 G70212 The Battle of New Orleans Johnny Horton (1959) 1

2. The Battle of New Orleans 2 C We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin’ C G7 There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a C while ago. C We fired once more and they began to runnin’ C G7 On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of C Mexico. C0003 F2010 G70212

3. The Battle of New Orleans 3 C F We looked down the river and we seed the British come, G7 And there must have been a hunnerd of ‘em C beatin’ on the drum C F They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring G7 C We stood beside our cotton bales ‘n’ didn’t say a thing. C0003 F2010 G70212

4. The Battle of New Orleans 4 C We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin’ C G7 There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a C while ago. C We fired once more and they began to runnin’ C G7 On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of C Mexico. C0003 F2010 G70212

5. The Battle of New Orleans 5 C F Old Hick’ry said we could take ‘em by surprise G7 C If we didn’t fire our muskets till we looked ‘em in the eye, C F We held our fire till we seed their faces well G7 Then we opened up the squirrel guns and C really gave ‘em…… Well we… C0003 F2010 G70212

6. The Battle of New Orleans 6 C We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin’ C G7 There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a C while ago. C We fired once more and they began to runnin’ C G7 On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of C Mexico. C0003 F2010 G70212

7. The Battle of New Orleans 7 C Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles, C And they ran through the bushes where the G7 C rabbits wouldn’t go. C They ran so fast that the hounds couldn’t catch’em, C G7 On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of C Mexico. C0003 F2010 G70212

8. The Battle of New Orleans 8 C F We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down, G7 C Then we grabbed an alligator and we poured another round, C We filled his head with cannonballs and F powdered his behind, G7 And when we touched the powder off the C ‘gator lost his mind. C0003 F2010 G70212

9. The Battle of New Orleans 9 C We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin’ C G7 There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a C while ago. C We fired once more and they began to runnin’ C G7 On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of C Mexico. C0003 F2010 G70212

10. The Battle of New Orleans 10 D Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles, D And they ran through the bushes where the A7 D rabbits wouldn’t go. D They ran so fast that the hounds couldn’t catch’em, D A7 On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of D Mexico. D0003 A70100

11. The Battle of New Orleans 11  D  x2 Hup, 2, 3, 4  D  x2 Sound Off, 3, 4 END C0003