The Battle of New Orleans Songtext
von Buck Owens

Yeah, they ran through the briers, 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
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well, in 1814, 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 we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans

We fired our guns and the British kept a-coming
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to running
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico


Well, we looked down the river, and we seen the British come
And there must have been a hundred of ′em beating on the drums
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
And we stood behind our cotton bales and didn′t say a thing

Fired our guns and the British kept a-coming
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to running
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well, we fired our cannon ′til the barrel melted down
And we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
Filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind
And when we set the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind

Fired our guns and the British kept a-coming
There wasn′t as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to running
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico


Yeah, they ran through the briers, 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
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico