PARODY-LYRICS
MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "The Battle of New Orleans", Jimmy Driftwood 1958; popular cover by Johnny Horton, 1959.
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| The United States at the time of the War, 1812-1815 |
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, February, 2013.
PARODY-LYRICS LINK: To return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.
(You can also view the lyrics and commentary, without images or chords, at the parody-lyrics site where they were originally posted online at AmIRight.com "The Prattle of New Orleans")
PARODY-LYRICS LINK: To return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.
(You can also view the lyrics and commentary, without images or chords, at the parody-lyrics site where they were originally posted online at AmIRight.com "The Prattle of New Orleans")
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| Jimmy Driftwood with his signature home-made guitar |
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| The original recording |
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| Battle-site map |
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| Andrew Jackson (Old Hickory) leading troops to victory |
THE PRATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
(to the tune of "The Battle of New Orleans")
UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT
(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)
(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)
ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS (Johnny Horton version)
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HOTLINKS TO OTHER CANADIAN-THEMED SONG-POSTINGS
Prattle of New Orleans (see above)
..AND A FEW LIMERICK-BASED SONGS
Sesquicentennial Uke-Song: Canada Day 2017 Limericks About Chemainus, B.C.
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