In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Packenham up the Mississip.
We took a little  bacon and we took a little beans
And we met up with the rebels in a town in New Orleans.

We fired our guns and the rebels kept on comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On up the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico.

We looked up the river and we've seen the rebels come
While we had a least a hundred of us beatin' on the drum.
We stepped so high and we made our bugles ring
They stood behind our cotton bales 'n' didn't say a thing.

We fired our guns and the rebels kept on comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On up the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico.

Ol' Packenham said the could take 'em by surprise
If they didn't fire our muskets 'till they looked us in the eyes.
They held their fire 'till they seed their faces well
They opened up the muskets and really gave
well we

We fired our guns and the rebels kept on comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On up the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico.

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
On up the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico.

wey fired their cannon 'till the barrel melted down
So they grabbed an alligator and they fought another round.
They filled his head with cannonballs, powered his behind
When they touched the powder off the gator lost his mind.

We fired our guns and the rebels kept on comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On up the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico.

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
On up the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico.

Up two three four
Up two three four
Up two three four
Up two three four
Up two three four.....

