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Johnny Horton: The Battle of New Orleans
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Posted on 11/29/2015 4:00:07 PM PST by Fai Mao

Battle of New Orleans


TOPICS: History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: johnnyhorton; music
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From the master of Campy country songs
1 posted on 11/29/2015 4:00:07 PM PST by Fai Mao
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To: Fai Mao

He had so many great songs.

I’m ready if you’re willing
Whispering pines
Johnny Reb
North to Alaska

and on and on and on...


2 posted on 11/29/2015 4:06:03 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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To: Fai Mao

My kid loves that song.


3 posted on 11/29/2015 4:13:24 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: Fai Mao

“Sink The Bismark” was a big one too.


4 posted on 11/29/2015 4:19:19 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Fai Mao

Now that is really old. A goody too.


5 posted on 11/29/2015 4:34:10 PM PST by umgud
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To: Fai Mao
Here's the British version
6 posted on 11/29/2015 4:40:55 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: sparklite2
Since it is the season, Johnny Horton also sang a classic Christmas song.
7 posted on 11/29/2015 4:41:16 PM PST by SamAdams76 (It's time we sent a junkyard dog to Washington to run the low life out)
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To: yarddog
"We didn't sink the Bismarck, no matter what they say,
For when we saw the German ship, we sailed the other way."

Sink the Bismarck!--Homer & Jethro (1960)

8 posted on 11/29/2015 4:44:33 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fai Mao
This one is highly politically incorrect these days.

Johnny Reb--Johnny Horton (1959)

9 posted on 11/29/2015 4:49:16 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fai Mao
One of his earliest hits

Honky Tonk Man (1956)

10 posted on 11/29/2015 4:55:07 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fai Mao
Homer and Jethro Battle of Kookamunga
11 posted on 11/29/2015 5:07:28 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Fai Mao

“When it’s spring time in Alaska it’s 40 below”. Great singer who died way too young. IIRC his wife was married to Hanks Sr at one time.


12 posted on 11/29/2015 5:15:20 PM PST by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: Fai Mao

Better slow down, Johnny, there is a bridge just ahead...


13 posted on 11/29/2015 5:17:30 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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At the wheel sit a big man, he weighed about two-ten
He stuck out his hand and said with a grin
“Big Joe’s the name”, I told him mine
And he said: “The name of my rig is Phantom 309.”


14 posted on 11/29/2015 5:40:01 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Fai Mao

Love that song. A real piece of Americana.


15 posted on 11/29/2015 5:45:59 PM PST by EternalVigilance (The Dems are taking us to hell in a handbasket. The GOP establishment is the handbasket.)
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To: yarddog; Fai Mao
Yes, the song about the British victory over the mighty German battleship went down well in England. I am able to retain a sense of humour at the song about the British defeat at New Orleans. The awful losses of the British compared with the defenders of New Orleans, could be the worst in the whole war.

In actual fact Sir Edward Pakenham who was the British commander was wounded once. He demanded to lead his men again and was finally killed. The British withdrew. I understand that Johnny Horton then composed and sang the song about the defeat of the Bismarck. This to to make up for some inaccuracies historically that is.

Ironically the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium was already signed in December 1814. New Orleans battle was in 1815. A little bit of humour here. The Americans say they won the war of 1812-1814. The Canadians say they won the war of 1812-1814. The British say it was a draw.

16 posted on 11/29/2015 8:47:28 PM PST by Peter Libra
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I believe the New Orleans song was originally a poem written by a school teacher in the late 1940s. One of my Kentucky militia uncles and one of my wife’s G-g-g grandfathers were combatants there.


17 posted on 11/29/2015 9:22:31 PM PST by Rockpile
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To: Rockpile
Thanks for the information I am able to take the lyrics in good part. I visited the historic national park at Kings Mountain in South Carolina. The battle was in 1781, victory for America. A number of Kentucky militia were involved in that battle too. A British army drum is on display at the museum in Frankfort, Kentucky.

I hope your ancestors survived the Battle of New Orleans, I know the actual casualties of the American defenders were minimal. The British lost over 2000 men killed, and taken prisoner.

18 posted on 11/29/2015 10:06:23 PM PST by Peter Libra
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Yep they went home.

5g grandfather Rockpile and two other grandfathers were Revolution vets and got land warrant farms in Kentucky. Had another relative that was a Captain in the French & Indian War and then a Lt. Colonel in the Revolution.

Of course, that many generations back we have lots of relatives.


19 posted on 11/29/2015 10:53:10 PM PST by Rockpile
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Speaking of the Bismarck, just last night I was perusing a website of Royal Navy losses in WW2. Damn they lost a lot of vessels and crew especially from 1940-42.

I reside near 500 miles fron the sea in a semi-desert area but have always found ships and such fascinating.


20 posted on 11/29/2015 10:59:52 PM PST by Rockpile
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