04 Jan 01 - 07:34 PM (#368726) Subject: TAKE A LITTLE TRIP??! From: GUEST,Elaine Trying Trying Trying to find lyrics to a song someone once sang to me when I was a young gal! It was Sooooooooo long ago that I may remember them wrong but goes something like........ In 1840 I took a little trip down the grand missouri to the river Mississip...(de de dade de)................... They ran so fast the rabbits couldn't catch them, they ran so fast ...........(dar dar de dar de dar)........... Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico....... Does anyone know what this Damn song is, or where to find it, or who sang it, or who wrote it, or which country it's from, or anything? please let me know cheers! |
04 Jan 01 - 07:39 PM (#368727) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: TAKE A LITTLE TRIP??! From: SeanM Sounds like "The Battle of New Orleans". Here's an older thread about the song, with more info than you'll probably ever want to know. I believe the lyrics are fairly aggressively defended by copyright lawyers, but this is a start. M |
05 Jan 01 - 11:11 AM (#369090) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: TAKE A LITTLE TRIP??! From: GUEST,SLS My dad used to sing this when I was growing up. Can't be assured of the lyrics, but it includes a little more than I've seen posted.
In the 1814 we took a little trip
Well Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
Well we fired our guns but the British kept 'a comin' |
05 Jan 01 - 05:18 PM (#369282) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: TAKE A LITTLE TRIP??! From: Malcolm Douglas What appears to be Jimmy Driftwood's full version is in the database, of course, here: Battle of New Orleans Just type battle of new orleans in the "Digitrad and Forum Search" box on the main Forum page for even more references. Malcolm |
05 Jan 01 - 06:05 PM (#369309) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: TAKE A LITTLE TRIP??! From: SeanM Dang! I tried for half a freakin' hour to find that when I posted! Hmph. Oh well. M |