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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR> Jimmy Driftwood's Song:
"The Battle of New Orleans"
Jimmy Driftwood put words to music to help students learn about historical events.
The song, the "The Battle of New Orleans," is about a battle in the War of 1812.
Mr. Driftwood was a high school principal and history teacher. From the time he was a little boy, he loved music. He loved to sing, play instruments and write songs. To help his students learn about this battle, he wrote the song "The Battle of New Orleans".
It was one of the biggest selling hits in 1959. (As recorded by Johnny Horton)
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The website plays the tune for you while you read.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR> The Battle of New Orleans
Music and lyrics by Jimmy Driftwood
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 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 the bugles ring.
We stood by 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 began 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 till we seed 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 began 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 cannon balls and powdered his behind.
And when we touched the powder off, that 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 began 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 2, 3, 4.
Sound off 3, 4....
Hup 2, 3, 4.
Sound off 3, 4....
Hup 2, 3, 4 ..... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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