Battle of New Orleans, In 1814

Thank you my friend CPL Dave Hoover for posting the Battle of New Orleans performed by John LaGale "Johnny" Horton and company.

Johnny Horton Battle Of New Orleans (HQ Stereo) (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjXM6x_0KZk

The Battle of New Orleans arranged by American folk singer, musician Jimmy Driftwood [Pop Chart # 1 Apr. 27, 1959}
Lyrics
(banjo intro)
"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 a town in New Orleans

We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
(One-two-three, with a-one-two-three)

We looked down a river
(Hut-two)
And we see'd the British come
(Three-four)
And there must have been a hundred of'em
(Hut-two)
Beatin' on the drums
(Three-four)
They stepped so high
(Hut-two)
And they made their bugles ring
(Three-four)
We stood by our cotton bales
(Hut-two)
And didn't say a thing
(Two-three-four)

We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
(One-hut, two-three-four)
If we didn't fire our muskets
(One-hut, two-three-four)
'Till we looked 'em in the eye
(One-hut, two-three-four)
We held our fire
(Hut, two-three-four)
'Till we see'd their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns
And really gave 'em - well we

Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Yeah, they ran through the briars
(One-hup-two)
And they ran through the brambles
(Hup-two-three-four)
And they ran through the bushes
(Hup-two)
Where the rabbit couldn't go
(Hup-two-three-four)
They ran so fast
(Hup-two)
That the hounds couldn't catch 'em
(One-two-three-four)
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
(One-two, hup-two-three-four)

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 we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind

We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Yeah, they ran through the briars
(Hup-one-two)
And they ran through the brambles
(One-two-three-four)
And they ran through the bushes
(Hup-two)
Where the rabbit couldn't go
(Hup-two-three-four)
They ran so fast
(Hup-two)
That the hounds couldn't catch 'em
(One-two-three-four)
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
(One-two, hup-two-three-four)

Hut-two-three-four
Sound off, three-four
Hut-two-three-four
Sound off, three-four
Hut-two-three-four
Hut-two-three-four."

FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs COL Charles Williams LTC (Join to see) LTC Wayne Brandon Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen PO1 William "Chip" Nagel PO1 H Gene Lawrence MSgt David Hoffman SPC Woody Bullard Cynthia Croft SPC Margaret Higgins SPC Nancy Greene PO3 Phyllis Maynard TSgt David L. TSgt Joe C. SGT Steve McFarland PVT Mark Zehner SPC Mark Huddleston SP5 Mark Kuzinski

CPL Dave Hoover, “on his way to New Orleans and the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson stopped here [Forge Seat aka the Samuel Crockett House] and purchased rifles to arm his soldiers. It is also said that Davy Crockett stopped on his way to Texas as well.”
The property is about five miles from my front door, on Wilson Pike in Brentwood, TN and I’ve passed by it more times than I can count! It’s not open for tours because it’s still a private dwelling!

MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi Lt Col Charlie Brown SGT Herbert Bollum Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Robert Pryor SGT Mark Anderson

I can honestly say, "not me!"