Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights are owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited - Song lyrics: IN EIGHTEEN-FOURTEEN WE TOOK A LITTLE TRIP ALONG WITH COLONEL JACKSON DOWN THE MIGHTY MISSISSIP’ WE TOOK A LITTLE BACON AND WE TOOK A LITTLE BEANS AND THEY CAUGHT THE BLOODY BRITISH IN A TOWN IN NEW ORLEANS 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 BEGIN TO RUNNIN’ ON DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE GULF OF MEXICO WE LOOKED DOWN THE RIVER AND WE SEEN THE BRITISH COME AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A HUNDRED OF ’EM BEATIN’ ON THE 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-COMIN’ THERE WASN’T NIGH 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 OLD HICKORY SAID WE COULD TAKE ’EM BY SURPRISE IF WE DIDN’T FIRE OUR MUSKETS ’TIL WE LOOKED ’EM IN THE EYE WE HELD OUR FIRE ’TIL WE SEEN THEIR FACES WELL THEN WE OPENED UP OUR SQUIRREL GUNS AND REALLY GAVE ’EM 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 BEGIN TO RUNNIN’ ON DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE GULF OF MEXICO YEAH, THEY RAN THROUGH THE BRIARS AND THEY RAN THROUGH THE BRAMBLES AND THEY RAN THROUGH THE BUSHES WHERE A RABBIT COULDN’T GO THEY RAN SO FAST THAT THE HOUNDS COULDN’T CATCH ’EM ON DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE GULF OF MEXICO WE FIRED OUR CANNON ’TIL THE BARREL MELTED DOWN SO, WE GRABBED AN ALLIGATOR AND WE FOUGHT 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-COMIN’ THERE WASN’T NIGH 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 YEAH, THEY RAN THROUGH THE BRIARS AND THEY RAN THROUGH THE BRAMBLES AND THEY RAN THROUGH THE BUSHES WHERE A RABBIT COULDN’T GO THEY RAN SO FAST THAT THE HOUNDS COULDN’T CATCH ’EM ON DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE GULF OF MEXICO HUP, TWO, THREE, FOUR SOUND OFF, THREE, FOUR HUP, TWO, THREE, FOUR SOUND OFF, THREE, FOUR