I can't get this song out of my head despite its cartoonish

[Mme. Defarge]

and controversial depiction of a historic battle.

"The Battle of New Orleans" is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. The song describes the Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier; the song tells the tale of the battle with a light tone and provides a rather comical version of what actually happened at the battle. It has been recorded by many artists, but the singer most often associated with this song is Johnny Horton. His version scored number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959 (see 1959 in music). Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1959, it was very popular with teenagers in the late 1950s/early 1960s in an era mostly dominated by rock and roll music.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_New_Orleans

[frogmarch]

1. It was playing in my head a couple of days

ago. Good song!

[Mme. Defarge]

2. We apparently

we go back!

[highplainsdem]

14. Same here. Love this song!

[Goonch]

3. ;-{)🖖‍

[AllaN01Bear]

4. i got that on a 45 rpm somewhere in the apartment.

[LT Barclay]

5. I have a CD that also has "Sink the Bismarck"

[AllaN01Bear]

12. wow. must be rare .

[LT Barclay]

16. Don't know. It was a "best of" I found on Amazon

[DinahMoeHum]

6. I remember the parody "Battle of Kookamonga". . .

. . .from Barry Hansen's (Dr. Demento) show way back then:

[Mme. Defarge]

7. OMG!

I had forgotten that one.

[AllaN01Bear]

13. heard this on dr demento too als.

[mitch96]

8. To me it's got that whole Davy Crocket vib to it... Come on Fess up you like it... 😏..nt

[Mme. Defarge]

9. Had the lunch pail.

I can’t remember having a coonskin cap.

[abqtommy]

11. I had the wallet and the faux coonskin cap in 1957. That was high style for an 8-year old

back then!

[abqtommy]

10. I think of this song as 'hillbilly rock' or 'rockabilly', a genre that includes some of

Hank Williams Sr. music.

[Leith]

15. There's a British version

Sounds a little strange to American ears, but jolly good fun anyway.