Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That was another of Johnny's hits. "We gotta sink the Bismarck, 'cause the world depends on us." Best history songs around;^) Ric On Jan 3, 2007, at 5:32 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: > You know, I actually remember listening to that LP as a young boy > here in > Australia. There was a track about sinking the Bismarck that took > my fancy > as a young boy into battleships etc! > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Ric Carter > Sent: Wednesday, 3 January 2007 10:15 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Cricket images MCG > > I remember listening to Johnny Horton singing that while visiting my > first bowling alley in Norfolk, Virginian, Tidewater 4- 1009;^) > > Thanks for the memories.... > > Ric > > > On Jan 2, 2007, at 6:32 PM, SonC@aol.com wrote: > >> >> >> In a message dated 1/2/2007 4:54:44 P.M. Central Standard Time, >> hoppyman@bigpond.net.au writes: >> >> Ric, actually the game is just incidental. The purpose is the >> defeat of the >> English ;-) >> >> There is a MUCH more entertaining way. We did it in New Orleans. >> >> >> Battle Of New Orleans >> >> In 1814 we took a little trip >> Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp' >> We took a little bacon and we took a little beans >> And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans >> >> We fired our guns and the British kept a coming >> There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago >> We fired once more and they began to running >> Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico >> >> We looked down the river and we seen the British come >> And there must have been a hundred of them beating on the drums >> They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring >> We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing >> >> Old Hickory said we could take 'em by suprise >> If we didn't fire a musket 'til we looked 'em in the eyes >> We held our fire 'til we seen their faces well >> We opened up our squirrel guns and really gave 'em >> >> Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles >> And they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go >> They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em >> On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico >> >> We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down >> Then we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round >> We filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind >> And when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >> ?galit?, libert?, crawfish >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information