Friday, February 02, 2007

MEMORIES.........

Got this song running through my head at 1:20 a.m.

"In 1814 we took a little trip, along the something to the mighty mississip.
We took a little something and we took a little something......"

Can't remember the "somethings" and can't remember the rest...my dad used to play this song a lot.

Doug, Mark, anyone........know the rest of it?

5 comments:

mark said...

in 1814 we took a lilte trip,along with col. jackson on the mighty mississip,we took a little bacon am
nd we took a little beans,and we fought the bloody british in a town called new orleans cant remember the rest right now...jhonny horton recorded it in about 1968 on rca,hank jr. did it too

Tricia said...

Kyle loves this song. it's actually on our MP3 player..he likes to torture me with it on long car trips.

COOTERIZER said...

WELL, WE FIRED OUR GUNS AND THE BRITISH KEPT ACOMING BUT THERE WAS AS NOT 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. I WILL THINK OF THE REST LATER. THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS BY JOHNNY HORTON. I ACTUALLY GAVE DAD THAT 8 TRACK TAPE. A GUY THAT LIVED ON ALEX ROAD THAT PAINTED CARS GAVE ME A BOX OF TAPES AND THERE WERE NONE THAT I EVER HEARD OF BUT DAD FOUND SEVERAL TAPES THAT HE PLAYED ALL THE TIME. I GUESS THAT SONG GROWS ON YOU BECAUSE WE ALL REMEMBER IT.

johnbr76 said...

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Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans



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 cought the bloody British in a town in New Orleans.



*Chorus*

We fired our guns and the British kept a comin'

There was not as many as there was a while ago.

We fired once more and they began to runnin

a down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.



We looked down the river and we seen the british come

and there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin on the drum.

They stepped so highand they made their pupils ring

but we stood behind our country till we couln't see a thing.



Chorus



Ol' 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 seen thier faces well

then we opened up the squirrel guns and really gave em....

well we



Chorus



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

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, powered his behind

and when we took the powder off the gator lost his mind.



Chorus



Yeah they ran through the brairs 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

A down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

johnbr76 said...

i've never heard that song before. way before my time. but i found the lyrics on google. if someone can find the music i would like to hear it when im up there next week. robin you will have to get with dad on as far as what our pland are. i'm just along for the ride and to see papaw. may be the last time i get to see him. but i hope to get back up there in april when my vacation rolls over.