{t:Battle of New Orleans 2}
{st:ken}
 {artist:Lonnie Donegan}
 
  
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[C]Well, in 1814, we [F]took a little trip,
 a[G]long with Colonel Packenham down the [C]mighty Mississipp.
 We took a little bacon and we [F]took a little beans,
 
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 and we fought the bloomin? British in the town of New Orleans
 
 Well, we [C]fired our guns and the British kept a comin',
 there wasn't nigh as many as there [G]was a while [C]ago.
 We fired once more and they began a running,
 on down the Mississippi to the [G]Gulf of [C]Mexico.
 
 2. Well, we [C]looked down the river till we [F]see the British come,
 there [G]must have been a hundred of 'em [C]beatin' on the drum.
 They stepped so high and they [F]made the bugles ring,
 
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 well, we stood beside our cotton bales and never said a thing.
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 3. Well, Packen[C]ham said we could [F]take ?em by surprise,
 if we [G]didn't fire a musket till we [C]looked `em in the eyes.
 Well, we stood quite still till we[F] see their face well,
 
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 then we opened up our muskets and we really gave ?em well.
 
 Well, we [C]fired our guns and the British kept a comin',
 there wasn't nigh as many as there w[G]as a while [C]ago.
 We fired once more and they began a running,
 on down the Mississippi to the G[G]ulf of Mexi[C]co.
 
 4. Well, they [C]ran through the briars and they [F]ran through the brambles,
 and they [G]ran through the bushes where the [C]rabbits couldn't go.
 They ran so fast that the [F]hounds couldn't catch ?em,
 all [G]down the Mississippi to the [C]Gulf of Mexico.
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 5. Well, we [C]fired our muskets so the [F]barrels melted down,
 then gr[G]abbed an alligator and we [C]fought another round.
 Well, we stuffed his head with cannon balls and [F]powdered his behind,
 
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 so when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.
 
 + CHORUS [C]Down the Mississippi to the [G]Gulf of Mexi[C]co. (4x)