The Battle Of New Orleans chords by Lonnie Donegan, Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group
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Intro 1
(G major) (A flat major)
Verse 1
This year the story (A flat major) about
the Battle of New Orleans, (G major)
which was fit between the Yan (A flat major) kees of
course and them there English people, (G major) (A flat major) (G major)
in (A flat major) which the British
came off rather ignominiously.
It means they never done no good,
no harm.
All right, shut up. Right. (G major) (A flat major)
Well, in 1814 we (C sharp major) took a little trip
Along (B flat major) with Colonel Packham
(G major) down to (A flat major) muddy Mississippi
We took a little bacon
and we (C sharp major) took a little beans
And we (B flat major) fought the blooming Brit (E flat major) ish
in (A flat major) the town of (G major) New Orleans
Well, we (A flat major) fired our guns
an (G major) d the British kept a -comin'
There (A flat major) wasn't as many
(E flat major) as there was a (A flat major) while ago
Well, we fired once more
and they began a (G major) -runnin'
On down the Mississip (E flat major) pi to
the Gulf of (A flat major) Mexico (G major) (A flat major)
Well, we looked down the river
till we (C sharp major) see the British come
There (B flat major) must have been a hundred
of (E flat major) them (A flat major) beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high
and they (C sharp major) made the bugles ring
Well, we (B flat minor) stood beside (B flat major) the cotton bales
(A flat major) and never said a (G major) thing
Well, we fired our guns
and the British kept a -comin'
And there wasn't as many
as (E flat major) there was a (A flat major) while ago
We fired once more, (G major)
and they began a -runnin'
on down the (A flat major) Mississippi to
(E flat major) the Gulf of Mexico
(A flat major) Heedle -rum -a -hoedle -rum -a,
heedle -rum -a -hoedle -rum
(G major) Well, old (A flat major) Crackenham said we
could (C sharp major) take them by surprise
If we (B flat major) didn't fire our muskets,
(E flat major) so we looked them (A flat major) in the eye
Yeah, we stood quiet still
till we (C sharp major) see their faces well
Then we (B flat minor) opened (B flat major) up our (A flat major) muskets
and we (G major) really gave (A flat major) them (G major) whirl
Well, fired (A flat major) our guns
and the British kept a (G major) -comin'
And there was not as many as there was
when we (A flat major) fired once more
They began a (G major) -runnin'
on down the Mississip (E flat major) pi to the
Gulf of (G major) Mexico (A flat major) (G major) (A flat major)
Well, (G major) they ran (A flat major) through the briars
and they (C sharp major) ran through the brambles
And they (E flat major) ran through the bushes
where the (A flat major) rabbits couldn't go
They ran so fast
that the (C sharp major) hounds couldn't catch them all
Down (E flat major) the Mississippi to the (A flat major) Gulf of Mexico
We fired our guns,
British kept a -comin'
And there was not many as
there was a while ago
And we fired once more,
they began a -runnin' (G major) all down
(A flat major) The Mississippi to the Gulf of (G major) Mexico (A flat major)
We fired our muskets
till the (C sharp major) barrels melted down
Then we (E flat major) grabbed an alligator
and we (A flat major) fought another round
We stuffed his head with cannonballs
and (C sharp major) pounded his behind
And when we (E flat major) touched the powder
off the gator, lost his mind
Well, we (A flat major) fired our guns,
but he skipped a comin' and goin'
Not many (E flat major) years, it was a while ago
(A flat major) But once more, he began runnin' on down
the Mississippi to the (E flat major) Gulf of Mexico
Down (A flat major) the Mississippi to (E flat major)
the Gulf of Mexico
(A flat major) Down the Mississippi to the (E flat major) Gulf of Mexico,
(A flat major) Willie
Down the Mississippi to the
Gulf of Mexico, Willie
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
The Battle Of New Orleans
Lonnie Donegan, Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group
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