In 1840 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Patton
down the mighty Mississippi
We took a little bacon
and we took a little beans
And we formed the Bloomin' British
in a town in New Orleans
Well we fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
And there wasn't as many
as there was a while ago
Five once more they began
a -runnin' all down
the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We looked down the river
till we see the British comin'
There must have been a hundred
of them beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high
and they made the bugles ring
Well, we stick beside the
cotton bales
and never say a thing
Well, we fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
And there wasn't as many
as there was a while ago
Five months more
and they began to run it all down the
Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Pakenham said we could
take them by surprise
And we didn't fire a musket
till we looked them in the eye
And we stood quite still
till we see their faces well
Then we opened up our muskets
and we really gave them well
Fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
And there wasn't as many
as there was a while ago
Fired once more
and they began a -runnin' all down
The Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
They ran through the briar
and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes
where the rabbits couldn't go
They ran so fast
that the hounds couldn't
catch them all down
The Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Well, we fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
And there wasn't as many
as there was a while ago
We fired once more
and they began a -runnin' all down
The Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Well, we fired our muskets
till the barrels melted down
Then we grabbed an alligator
and we fought him up around
Well, we stuck his head with cannonballs
and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off,
the gator lost his mind
Well we fired our guns,
the British kept a -comin'
If there wasn't as many
as there was a while ago
We fired once more,
they began a -runnin' on
Down the Mississippi to
the Gulf of Mexico
Down the Mississippi to the
Gulf of Mexico
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