文本歌词

Battle of New Orleans (Original Recording Remastered) - Lonnie Donegan
Well this here's the story about the Battle of New Orleans
Which was fit between the Yankees of course and them there English people
In which the British came off rather ignominiously
Well in 1814 we took a little trip
Along the Colonel Packenham down the mighty Mississipp
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we fought the bloomin' British in the town of New Orleans
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 began a running
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Well we looked down the river till we see the British come
There must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring
Well we stood beside our cotton bales and never said a thing
Well we looked down the river till we see the British come
And there must have been a hundred of them beating on the drum
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
While we stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
Well Packenham said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire a musket till we looked `em in the eyes
Well we stood quite still till we see their face well
Then we opened up our muskets and we really gave 'em well
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 began a running
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Well 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 houndscouldn't catch 'em
All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Well we fired our muskets so the barrels melted down
Then grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
Well we stuffed his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind
So when we touched the powder off the 'gator lost his mind
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico