1. In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississippi
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we met the Bloody British near the town of New Orleans

Ch. We fight our guns and the British kept a-comin'
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to running
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

2. We look down the river and we saw the British come
And there must have been a hundred of them beating on the drums
They stopped so high and they made the bugler ring
While we stood besides the cotton bales and we didn't say a thing

Ch.

3. They ran to the briars and they ran to the brambles
And they ran to the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch them
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Ch.

4. Old Hickory said: We can take them by surprise
If we didn't fire out muskets till we look them in the eyes
We held our fire till we saw the faces well
Then we opened up squirrell guns and really gave them hell

Ch.

5. We fired our cannon till the barrell melted down
So we grabbed an aligator 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

Ch.