And in 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississippi
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we fought the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
We fired our guns and the British kept a coming
There wasn't 'bout as many as there was awhile ago
We fired once more and they began to running
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We looked down the river and we seen the British come
There must have been a hundred of them beating on a drum
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
We fired our guns and the British kept a coming
There wasn't 'bout as many as there was awhile ago
We fired once more and they began to running
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Old hickory said we could take them by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked them in the eyes
We held our fire till we seen their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave them a little well we
Fired our guns and the British kept a coming
There wasn't 'bout as many as there was awhile ago
We fired once more and they began to running
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
And they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them
All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We fired our cannons till the barrels melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fired another round
We filled his head with cannonballs 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 coming
There wasn't 'bout as many as there was awhile ago
We fired once more and they began to running
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
They ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them
All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
