Battle of New Orleans - Jimmy Driftwood Verse 1: [A] In 1814 we [D] took a little trip A[E7] long with Col. Jackson down the [A] mighty mississip' We took a little bacon and we [D] took a little beans And we [E7] Caught the bloody British in a [A] town in New Orleans. |Chorus 1: |[A] We fired our guns and the British kept a comin' |There wasn't as many as there [E7] was a while a-[A] go |We fired once more and [D] they began to runnin' |On down the Mississippi to the [E7] Gulf of Mexi[A]co. Verse 2: [A] We looked down the river and we see'd the British come And there musta been a hund'erd of 'em beatin' [E7] on the [A] drum They stepped so high and they [D] made their bugles ring We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't [E7] say a [A] thing. Chorus 1: Verse 3: [A] Old Hick'ry said we could take 'em by su'prise If we didn't fire our musket till we [E7] looked 'em in the [A] eyes We held our fire till we [D] see'd their faces well Then we opened up with squirrel guns and [E7] really gave 'em [A] Well - Chorus 1: |Chorus 2: |[A] Yeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles |And they ran through the bushes where a [E7] rabbit couldn't [A] go |They ran so fast that the hounds [D] couldn't catch 'em |On down the Mississippi to the [E7] Gulf of Mexi[A]co. Verse 4: [A] We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down So we grabbed an alligator and we fought a[E7]nother [A] round We filled his head with cannonballs and [D] powdered his behind And when we touched the powder off, the 'gator [E7] lost his [A] mind. Chorus 1: Chorus 2: