Battle Of New Orleans Uke tab by Folk Songs (Baritone Chords)

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Battle Of New Orleans

C C F F
Well, in 1814, we took a little trip,
G G C C
along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp.

F F
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans,
G G F F C C
and we met the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.


We fired our guns and the British kept a comin',
G G C C
there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.


We fired once more and they began a running,
G G C C
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

C C F F
Well, I seed Marse Jackson come a-walkin' down the street,
G G C C
and a-talkin' to a pirate by the name of Jean Lafitte.

F F
He gave Jean a drink that he brung from Tennessee,
G G F F C C
and the pirate said he'd help us drive the British to the sea.


Well the French told Andrew, "You had better run,
G G C C
for Packenham's a-comin' with a bullet in his gun."


Old Hickory said he didn't give a damn,
G G C C
he's a-gonna whup the britches off of Colonel Packenham.


C C F F
Well, we looked down the river and we seed the British come,
G G C C
and there must have been a hundred of them beating on the drum.

F F
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring,
G G F F C C
While we stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing

C C F F
Old Hickory said we could take em by surprise,
G G C C
if we didn't fire a musket till we looked `em in the eyes.

F F
We held our fire till we seed their face well,
G G F F C C
then we opened up our squirrel guns and really gave em well.

C C
Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles,
G G C C
and they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.


They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch em,
G G C C
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

F F
Well we fired our cannons till the barrels melted down,
G G F F C C
so we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round.
F F
We filled his head with minie balls and powdered his behind,
G G F F C C
and when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.

C C F F
They lost their pants and their pretty shiny coats,
G G F F C C
and their tails was all a-showin' like a bunch of billy goats.

F F
They ran down the river with their tongues a-hanging out,
G G F F C C
and they said they got a lickin', which there wasn't any doubt.

C C
Well we marched back to town in our dirty ragged pants,
G G C C
and we danced all night with the pretty girls from France.


We couldn't understand 'em, but they had the sweetest charms,
G G C C
and we understood 'em better when we got 'em in our arms.

C C F F
Well, the guide who brung the British from the sea,
G G F F C C
come a-limping into camp just as sick as he could be.

F F
He said the dying words of Colonel Packenham
G G F F C C
was, "You better quit your foolin' with your cousin Uncle Sam."

C C
Well, we'll march back home, but we'll never be content,
G G C C
till we make Old Hickery the people's president.


And every time we think about the bacon and the beans,
G G C C
we'll think about the fun we had way down in New Orleans.

Uke tab by , 02 Sep 2009

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