Johnny Horton – The Battle Of New Orleans (Ukulele)

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(Arr. J. Driftwood) Pop Chart # 1 Apr. 27, 1959 Album: 16 Biggest Hits Columbia Legacy Records ck 69971
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
   A       D
In 1814 we took a little trip

 E7                                 A
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'

                              D
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans

       E7                             A
And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans
[Chorus]
   A
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

                                   E7           A
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

   A
We fired once more and they begin to runnin

                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[Verse 2]
   A                            D
We looked down the river and we see'd the British come

          E7                              A
And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drums

A                             D
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring

   E7                                A
We stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
[Chorus]
   A
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

                                   E7           A
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

   A
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'

                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[Verse 3]
    A                     D
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise.

      E7                              A
If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eye.

   A                     D
We held our fire till we see'd their faces well

        E7                              A
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em - well we
[Chorus]
A
Fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

                                   E7           A
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

   A
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'

                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[Bridge]
           A
Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles

         A                              E7              A
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go

     A
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em

                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[Verse 4]
   A                         D
We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down

      E7                          A
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round

   A                                     D
We filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind

    E7                                 A
And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind
[Chorus]
   A
We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

                                   E7           A
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

   A
We fired once more and they begin to runnin'

                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
[Outro]
           A
Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles

                                        E7              A
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go

     A
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em

                               E7          A
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico