The Battle of New Orleans - Lonnie Donegan

Which was fit between the Yankees of course and them there English people

In which the British came off rather ignominiously

Means they never done no good, no how, alright, now shut up.

Right

Well in 1814, we took a little trip

Along with 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 Mexicoooo, yeh

Weeell, 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 sayed a thing

Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a comin'

And 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

Ederum a ohderum a ederum a ohderum

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 faces well

Then we opened up our muskets and we really gave em…

Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a comin'

And there wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago

And we fired once more and they began a running

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Weeeeell, they rrraan 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 em

All down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

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 Mexicooooh ah ha tiddly dee

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

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

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico