The 8th of January or The Battle of New Orleans

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the Mississip
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British
In the town of New Orleans


We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they begin to runnin
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico


We looked down a river
And we see'd the British come
And there must have been a hundred of 'em
Beaten on the drums
They stepped so high
And they made their bugles ring
We stood by our cotton bales
And didn't say a thing


Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets
Till we looked 'em in the eye
We held our fire till we see'd their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns
And really gave 'em --- well


Yeah, 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 the hounds couldn't catch em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf f Mexico


We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs
And powered his behind
And when we touched the powder off
The gator lost his mind


Yeah, they ran through the briars
And they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
Where rabbits couldn't go
And they ran so fast the hounds
couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Note: "The Battle of New Orleans"¹ as sung by Johnny Horton² about the last great battle of the War of 1812. The melody is based on a fiddle tune known as the "The 8th of January" which was the date of the Battle of New Orleans³ during the War of 1812⁴.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans_(song)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Horton
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans
   The Battle of New Orleans was fought on Sunday, January 8, 1815. The battle effectively marked the end of the War of 1812.
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812

US postage stamp issued in 2015 to mark the
bicentennial of the Battle of New Orleans,
which depicts US troops firing on the British
from along Jackson's Line.