Battle of New Orleans ::: Lonnie Donegan and Lyrics Chords
Tempo:
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Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [G]
Well, you hear the story about the Battle of New Orleans, which was fit between the
English people, in which the British came off rather ignominiously.
Means they never done no good, no how, all right?
Well, [C] in 1814 we took a little trip [G] along with Colonel Packham down to muddy Mississippi.
the blooming British in
wasn't
the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
Well, you hear the story about the Battle of New Orleans, which was fit between the
English people, in which the British came off rather ignominiously.
Means they never done no good, no how, all right?
Well, [C] in 1814 we took a little trip [G] along with Colonel Packham down to muddy Mississippi.
the blooming British in
wasn't
the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Well, you hear the story about the Battle of New Orleans, _ which was fit between the
[C] _ [G] Yankees of course and them there English people, _ _ in which the British came off rather ignominiously.
_ Means they never done no good, no how, all right?
Shut up. _ _
_ Well, [C] in 1814 we took a little trip [G] along with Colonel Packham down to muddy Mississippi.
We took a little bacon [F] and we took a little beans [D] and we fought the blooming British in
a town in New Orleans.
[C] Well we fired our guns and the British kept a coming.
There wasn't
as many as there was a while ago, though we fired once more and they began a running all
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
Well, we looked down the [F] river till we see
the British [G] come.
There must have been a [C] hundred of them beating on the drum.
They stepped
so [F] high and then made the bugles [D] ring.
Well we stood beside a cotton field and [C] never said
a thing.
Well we fired our guns and the British kept a coming.
There wasn't as many as there
was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began a running all down the Mississippi to
the Gulf of Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, Packham said [F] we could take them by [G] surprise if we didn't fire
a musket so we looked them in the [C] eye.
_ Well we stood quiet [D] still till we see their faces
well and we opened up a musket and we really gave them well.
[C] We fired our guns and the
British kept a coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
Well we fired once
more and they began a running all down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, they
ran through the brine and they ran through the [G] brambles and they ran through the bushes
[C] where the rabbits couldn't go.
They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch [G] them all down
the Mississippi [C] to the Gulf of Mexico.
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
Well we fired once more [C] and they began a running
all down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, we fired our muskets and [F] the barrels
and all _ [G] the gator and [C] we fought another round. _
_ Well, we stuffed his head with cannonballs
and [G] pounded his behind.
Well, [C#] when we touched the powder off the [C] gator lost his mind.
Well,
we fired our guns and the British kept a coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while
ago.
Well, we fired once more and they began a running all down the Mississippi to the
Gulf of Mexico.
Down [G] the Mississippi to the Gulf of [Cm] Mexico.
Down the [C] Mississippi to the
Gulf of Mexico.
Well, they down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ [G] _
Well, you hear the story about the Battle of New Orleans, _ which was fit between the
[C] _ [G] Yankees of course and them there English people, _ _ in which the British came off rather ignominiously.
_ Means they never done no good, no how, all right?
Shut up. _ _
_ Well, [C] in 1814 we took a little trip [G] along with Colonel Packham down to muddy Mississippi.
We took a little bacon [F] and we took a little beans [D] and we fought the blooming British in
a town in New Orleans.
[C] Well we fired our guns and the British kept a coming.
There wasn't
as many as there was a while ago, though we fired once more and they began a running all
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
Well, we looked down the [F] river till we see
the British [G] come.
There must have been a [C] hundred of them beating on the drum.
They stepped
so [F] high and then made the bugles [D] ring.
Well we stood beside a cotton field and [C] never said
a thing.
Well we fired our guns and the British kept a coming.
There wasn't as many as there
was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began a running all down the Mississippi to
the Gulf of Mexico. _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, Packham said [F] we could take them by [G] surprise if we didn't fire
a musket so we looked them in the [C] eye.
_ Well we stood quiet [D] still till we see their faces
well and we opened up a musket and we really gave them well.
[C] We fired our guns and the
British kept a coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
Well we fired once
more and they began a running all down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, they
ran through the brine and they ran through the [G] brambles and they ran through the bushes
[C] where the rabbits couldn't go.
They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch [G] them all down
the Mississippi [C] to the Gulf of Mexico.
Well, we fired our guns and the British kept a coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while ago.
Well we fired once more [C] and they began a running
all down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, we fired our muskets and [F] the barrels
and all _ [G] the gator and [C] we fought another round. _
_ Well, we stuffed his head with cannonballs
and [G] pounded his behind.
Well, [C#] when we touched the powder off the [C] gator lost his mind.
Well,
we fired our guns and the British kept a coming.
There wasn't as many as there was a while
ago.
Well, we fired once more and they began a running all down the Mississippi to the
Gulf of Mexico.
Down [G] the Mississippi to the Gulf of [Cm] Mexico.
Down the [C] Mississippi to the
Gulf of Mexico.
Well, they down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
_ [G] _
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