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- The Battle Of
New Orleans
- (aka Eighth
Of January)
- Words and Music
by Jimmy Driftwood - 1957
- Scored number
1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959
| Verse: |
| G |
C |
D7 |
G |
| - |
C |
D7 |
G |
| Chorus: |
| G |
- |
- |
D7 G |
| G |
- |
- |
D7 G
(repeat) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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- Verse:
- In eighteen fourteen, we
took a little trip, Along with Colonel Jackson down the
mighty Missisip.
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans, And
we met the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.
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- Chorus:
- We fired our guns and the
British kept a comin', There wasn't nigh as many as
there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began a running, Down
the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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- Listen to
Tom Paley perform "Battle Of New Orleans" frailing
style (mp3)
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- Watch
the San Francisco Banjo Band perform "Battle Of New Orleans"
(youtube)
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- Watch
Buck Trent perform "Battle Of New Orleans" on the 5-string
banjo (youtube)
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- Click
here for Lead-Sheet and 5-String Banjo Tab
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- This Chord Chart
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be viewed with a full size window.
- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com