Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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