Artist: | Johnny Horton (English) |
User: | rlarmer |
Duration: | 100 seconds |
Delay: | 10 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
G In Eighteen-Fourteen we C took a little trip,
A- D long with Colonel Jackson down the G mighty Mississippi
We G took a little bacon and we C took a little beans,
And we D caught the bloody British in the G town of New Orleans.
G We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin,
There wasn't nigh as many as there D was a while a G go.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
Down the Mississippi to the D Gulf Of Mexi G co.
We G looked down the river and we C see'd the British come.
And there D must have been a hundred of 'em G beatin' on the drum.
They G stepped so high and they C made their bugles ring,
We D stood beside our cotton bales and G didn't say a thing.
G We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin,
There wasn't nigh as many as there D was a while a G go.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
Down the Mississippi to the D Gulf Of Mexi G co.
Yeah, they G ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles,
And they ran through the bushes where a D rabbit couldn't G go.
They G ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em,
On down the Mississippi to the D Gulf Of Mexi G co.
Ol G Hickory said we could C take 'em by surprise,
If we D didn't fire our muskets 'til we G looked 'em in the eyes.
We G held our fire till we C see'd their faces well,
Then, we D opened up our squirrel guns and G really gave 'em....well,
G We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin,
There wasn't nigh as many as there D was a while a G go.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
Down the Mississippi to the D Gulf Of Mexi G co.
We G fired our cannon 'til the C barrel melted down.
So, we D grabbed an alligator and we G fought another round.
We G filled his head with cannonballs and C powdered his behind,
And D when we set the powder off, the G 'gator lost his mind.
Yeah, they G ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles,
And they ran through the bushes where a D rabbit couldn't G go.
They G ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em,
On down the Mississippi to the D Gulf Of Mexic G o.