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To: Repeal The 17th
We fired our guns but the British kept a coming.
There wasn’t now 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.

Here's a description of the battle by a Britisher.

The Battle of New Orleans--Lonnie Donegan

13 posted on 02/25/2021 6:10:21 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Here's another song, from a different war involving the Brits & the Yanks, but we were on the same side for this one.


     "Over There"

98 posted on 02/25/2021 7:53:44 PM PST by Songcraft
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