Battle of New Orleans

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Eddy Arnold

Richard Edward "Eddy" Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. A member of the Grand Ole Opry (beginning 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music." He co-wrote the country and pop standard "You Don't Know Me". more »

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1962

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In 1814, 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 we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans. 

We fired our guns and the British kept a-coming 
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago. 
We fired once more, and they began to running, 
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. 

We looked down the river and we see'd the British come 
And there musta' been a hundred of 'em beating 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-coming 
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago. 
We fired once more and they began to running, 
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. 

Ole Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise 
If we didn't fire our muskets 'till we look 'em in the eyes. 
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-coming 
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago. 
We fired once more and they began to running, 
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. 

Well 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 cannon balls 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-coming 
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago. 
We fired once more and they began to running, 
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. 

Well 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, hup, three, four. 
Sound, off, three, four. 
Hup, hup, three, four.

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