Written by: Jimmie Driftwood
Originally written by: [Traditional]
Adapted from: The 8th of January written by [Traditional]
First recording: The Battle of New Orleans by Jimmie Driftwood (October 26, 1957)
First release: The Battle of New Orleans by Jimmie Driftwood on audio album Jimmie Driftwood Sings Newly Discovered American Folk Songs (1958)
Battle of New Orleans Lyrics
In 1814 we took a little tripAlong with Colonel Jackson down the mighty 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 nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We looked down the river and we seed 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 behind 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 eyes
We held our fire till we seed their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave 'em ..Well....
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 till the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs 'n' powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind
Hut, hut, three, four
Sound off, three, four
Hut, hut, three, four
Sound off, three, four
Hut, hut, three, four
Battle of New Orleans Singers
1 Jimmie Driftwood 19582 Johnny Horton (billboard hot 100) April 1959
3 Lonnie Donegan June 1959 4 Paul Rich July 1959 5 Vaughn Monroe 1959 6 The Jordanaires 1962 7 Sandy Nelson 1962 8 Eddy Arnold January 1963 9 The Brothers Four October 1964 10 The Royal Guardsmen 1966 11 Jim Ed Brown May 1968 12 Harpers Bizarre August 1968 13 Boots Randolph 1969 14 Johnny Cash 1972 15 Leon Russell September 1973 16 Casey Anderson 1974 17 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1974 18 Buck Owens September 8, 1975 19 Bill Haley and The Comets November 9, 1979 20 Hoyt Axton 1980 21 Zachary Richard 1990 22 George Canyon October 9, 2007.
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