Song :
D
Intro :
G C D7
G C
Well, in 18 and 14, we took a little trip
D7 G
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Missisip'
C
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
D7 G
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.
G
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
D7 G
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
D7 G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
G C
We looked down the river and we see'd the British come
D7 G
And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum
C
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
D7 G
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.
G
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
D7 G
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
D7 G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
G C
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
D7 G
If we didn't fire our musket till we looked 'em in the eyes
C
We held our fire till we see'd their faces well
D7 G
Then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave 'em well
G
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
D7 G
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
D7 G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
G
Yeah! they ran through the briars
and they ran through the brambles
D7 G
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
D7 G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
G C
We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
D7 G
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
C
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind
D7 G
And when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.
G
We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'
D7 G
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
D7 G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
G
Yeah! they ran through the briars
and they ran through the brambles
D7 G
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
D7 G
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
