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In Eighteen-Fourteen we took a little trip 
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Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip' 
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We took a little bacon and we took a little beans 
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And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans 
  
Chorus 1 
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We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin' 
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But, there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago 
 
We fired once more and they began to runnin' 
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On down the Mississippi to the Gulf Of Mexico  
  
We looked down the river and we seen the British come 
And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drums 
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring 
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing 
  
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Ol Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise 
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes 
We held our fire till we seen their faces well 
Then, we opened our squirrel guns and really gave 'em....well we, 
  
Chorus 2 
  
Yeah, they ran through the briars 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 
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf Of Mexico 
  
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down 
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round 
We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind 
And when we set the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind 
  
Repeat Chorus 1 
 
Repeat Chorus 2