Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Never thought I'd see a video of this


Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans. The part about the 'gator is pretty funny.

2 comments:

  1. My wife's middle school history teacher played this video in class prior to covering the War of 1812. A handful of excited kids wanted to know if they really used gators as cannons back then.

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  2. I remember that performance; I saw it live on TV when I was a kid, on the Ed Sullivan Show.

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