In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with colonel Jackson on the mighty Mississip
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody Brittish in the town of New Orleans

We fired our guns and thee Brittish kept a'comin
the wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We looked down the river and we saw the Brittish come
Well there must'a been a hundred of 'em beatin on a drum
They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring
We just stood beside our cotton bales and didn't say a thing

We fired our guns and thee Brittish kept a'comin
the wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
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 the rabbits couldn't go
They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Old Hickory said we could catch 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eyes
So we held our fire till we saw their faces well
We opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em well...

We fired our guns and thee Brittish kept a'comin
the wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
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 the rabbits couldn't go
They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Well we fired that cannon till 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
When we lit the powder off, well the gator lost his mind

We fired our guns and thee Brittish kept a'comin
the wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
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 the rabbits couldn't go
They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico