[Fiji Hill]

The original version:

The Eighth of January (The Battle of New Orleans)--Jimmy Driftwood (1957)

And the British side of the story:

The Road to Charlamette (The Answer to the Battle of New Oreans)--Jimmy Driftwood (1959)

[4Runner]

I never said Horton’s was the original version. Actually, I think his is vastly superior to the plunkity one you dug up. Horton’s is the one I know, because I grew up in the ‘50s and that was when his version was being played all over the country on the radio.

[Mark17]

https://youtu.be/aXfuQqkwa5I?si=Q2qIQlPXMDe7zNOT

Johnny Horton.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Too bad it was neither “Charlamette” nor “Chalamette”. It is Chalmette.

[Paal Gulli]

Homer & Jethro’s take on the battle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0mGFjAySTw