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15 Jan 01 - 03:27 AM (#374746) Subject: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: GUEST,meissner.hans@t-online.de Please help, I need the lyrics of Johnny Horton's "Battle Of Bull Run". Thank you Hans-Dieter Meißner |
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15 Jan 01 - 08:40 AM (#374802) Subject: Lyr Add: BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS (Johnny Horton) From: SINSULL I remember Horton doing the Battle of New Orleans.
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
1. In 1814 we took a little trip
CHORUS: We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'.
2. We looked down the river and we see'd the British come,
3. Old Hick'ry said we could take 'em by surprise
BRIDGE: Yeah, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
4. We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down, REPEAT BRIDGE
Couldn't find it in the Digitrad but I am sure it is there. If it is the wrong song, I apologize. Apologies too to the British and animal rights activists. |
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15 Jan 01 - 09:22 AM (#374824) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: Anglo And it was written by Jimmy Driftwood, with a few more verses, and it's in Digitrad. One day I'll learn to do a blue clicky. |
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15 Jan 01 - 09:51 AM (#374833) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: Jeri Battle of New Orleans is here. There is a song in the DT called Battle of Bull Run, collected by Frank Warner from John Galusha, but it's only one verse long. |
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15 Jan 01 - 06:39 PM (#375125) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: John Nolan Fuel for a second verse: U.S. Senator Henry Wilson, one of that then rare and now extinct breed of politicians who believe in leading from the front, was almost captured by the Confederates at the first battle of Bull Run. Wilson, born into poverty in New Hampshire, had been an indebtured servant for 11 years, and had developed what became a lifelong loathing of slavery. Surviving the battle, Wilson went on to become U.S. Vice President 1873-75. |
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15 Jan 01 - 07:32 PM (#375156) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: GUEST,jdprock29 Johnny Horton was a great singer , who brought life to some great historic events. As a former teacher ,I used Battle of New Orleans many times . Bull Run is a vey different tune and war. Horton's Sink the Bismarck was and is a special historical piece. |
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15 Jan 01 - 10:00 PM (#375220) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: Amos Frank Warner does Battle of Bull Run almost a capella, except for one chord, on an early Elektra albom as I recall, which sounds so vivid and genuine you'd a thunk he was some old powder-burned two-fisted Union drummer from County Cork. |
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15 Jan 01 - 10:44 PM (#375237) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: GUEST,Gene available on- Johnny Horton 1956-1960 Vol 3 of 4 CD set
Ole Slew Foot 1961
*****The Battle of Bull Run 1960
Snow-Shoe Thompson 1960
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15 Jan 01 - 11:00 PM (#375246) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: Amos Well, dang me! Right between the eyeballs! Good shot, Gene, for a guy with an ol' musket.... |
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16 Jan 01 - 01:04 PM (#375413) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: GUEST,meissner.hans@t-online.de Thanks to all of you! It is very interesting to learn this way something about American history. I've looked at the song "Battle of Bull Run" in the Digitrad Database, but it seems to be another song (??). My problem is that my English is not good enough to understand Johnny Horton's singing. Is there anyone who knows how and where to get the lyrics of the song that Johnny Horton did? Hans-Dieter Meißner |
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16 Jan 01 - 01:11 PM (#375425) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: LR Mole Morphed by the sainted Allan Sherman: We are the boys from Camp Kucamonga, Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways; We learn to make fire by rubbing sticks together, But when we get the girls, we will set the woods ablaze... (etc...) |
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17 Jan 01 - 06:42 AM (#376022) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: Bud Savoie LR, that was Homer & Jethro, not Allan Sherman. |
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17 Jan 01 - 01:42 PM (#376320) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: LR Mole Damn. Right you are. I was crossing wires with Camp Grenada. |
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17 Jan 01 - 06:50 PM (#376538) Subject: Lyr Add: BATTLE OF BULL RUN (Johnny Horton) From: GUEST,Gene BATTLE OF BULL RUN As recorded by Johnny Horton on "North to Alaska and Other Great Hits: The Early Album Collection"
1. The sun shone bright and clear that day we all left Washington
CHORUS: We said we'll run 'em to Atlanta and to Galveston Bay,
2. The ladies wore their brightest shawls; the gentlemen were gay.
3. And then the general doffed his hat and said: "Let's rest a spell,"
4. A fight locked in the chest of time too horrible to tell: |
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01 Dec 03 - 01:00 PM (#1063792) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: GUEST,Ophisa13 I ran acrossed your message while searching for lyrics. I know this was posted quite some time ago, however, since it still is displayable in a search query, I thought I'd respond just the same. I have this song on CD. I received it as a promotional gift for purchasing electronics. The cd is entitled "The 1950's, Volume 1, 16 most requested songs" released in 1989 by CBS Records, inc. and manufactured by Columbia Records. The song is (in my opnion) mis-titled for it's leaf says that it is named "The Battle of Davey Crockett", however, I remember it as The battle of New Orleans from my childhood. In either case, it claims the artist's name is Fess Parker (although if I'm not mistaken, Fess Parker played Davy Crockett in the series????) The lyrics to the song that I have are below. In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson Down the mighty Mississip' We took a little bacon And we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British In a town in New Orleans. CHORUS 1: We fired our guns And the British kept a comin' There wasn't as many as there was a while ago We fired once more and they begin a running On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. We looked down the river and we seen the British come and there must of been a 100 of 'em beatin on the drum They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring we stood beside our cotton bails; didn't say a thing. Chorus Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked them in the eyes. We held our fire 'til we seen their faces wail Then we opened up our squirrel guns And really gave them, w e l l we Chorus Chorus 2: yeah they ran through the briars And they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down, So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round We filled his head with cannon balls; Powdered his behind And when they touched the powder off The 'gator lost his mind Chorus 1, chorus 2 hut two three four, hut two (sound off)three four |
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01 Dec 03 - 01:07 PM (#1063796) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: Amos Fess Parker did in fact play Davy Crockett in Disney's early pseudonomous TV series, in which the theme song was the Ballad of Davy Crockett ("Born on a mountaintop ion Tennessee..."). But that is an entirely different hit from the Fifties. Horton had nothing to do with the Crockett ballad as far as I know. A |
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01 Dec 03 - 04:24 PM (#1063915) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: Joybell Re "The Battle of New Orleans" Just a little snippet of useless info. When it was around number 1 on the hit parade it was released here in Australia. I rushed out and bought a copy on the first day. By day 2 it had been recalled and taken off the shelves. Seems that in Aus. you couldn't have the word "bloody" in there. It was re-released without the offending word but I have one of the very few intact copies. Or I did have. Might have lost it by now. I don't think I'm any the worse for it. |
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01 Dec 03 - 05:00 PM (#1063943) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: The Fooles Troupe Yes Joybell, I remember it was played on the radio with the "beep". |
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01 Dec 03 - 05:16 PM (#1063955) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: Joybell Who do you think alerted the Sensibility Police, Robin? The radio played the original for a day or two before the recall as I remember. |
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01 Dec 03 - 05:21 PM (#1063959) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: The Fooles Troupe I do seem to remember hearing it perhaps once with the word, then after that there was the "beep" - a few friends claimed that they had bought it "undoctored" - but I was a primary school then, I think... |
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01 Dec 03 - 05:52 PM (#1063983) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: Joybell I actually did buy an original. I must be just a bit older than you Robin. I was in high school. I'm 58 now. I've got a pile of old 45s and we've just got a turntable again. I'll try to hunt it down. |
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02 Dec 03 - 08:19 AM (#1064353) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: GUEST,Lighter Surely that's "Jeff" (not "Jim") Davis's hat in "Bull Run" stanza 2? |
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02 Dec 03 - 11:14 AM (#1064470) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: Gene could be LIGHTER as my hearing and retention ain't what it usta be! are typhinng eeithher four dat mattter! |
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02 Dec 03 - 09:51 PM (#1064843) Subject: RE: Johnny Horton: Battle of Bull Run From: The Fooles Troupe Only half a decade Joybell - still a Spring Chicken! Robin |