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James Morris Corbitt , más conocido como Jimmy Driftwood o Jimmie Driftwood, fue un compositor y músico estadounidense de música popular famoso por sus canciones "The Battle of New Orleans" "" y "Tennessee Stud". Driftwood escribió más de 6.000 canciones populares, de las cuales más de 300 fueron grabadas por diferentes músicos.[1]​

Murió de un ataque al corazón el 12 de julio de 1998 en Fayetteville , a los 91 años. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. junio 1907 – 12. julio 1998
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“Ole Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise,
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes.”

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Jimmy Driftwood The Battle of New Orleans

"The Battle of New Orleans" (1936)
Contexto: p>Ole Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise,
If we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked 'em in the eyes.
We held our fire 'til we seed their faces well,
Then we opened up our squirrel guns an' really gave 'em... well! Yeah, they ran through the briars an' they ran through the brambles
An' they ran through the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go.
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.</p

“In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.”

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Jimmy Driftwood The Battle of New Orleans

"The Battle of New Orleans" (1936)
Contexto: p>In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon an' we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British at the town of New Orleans. We fired our guns an' the British kept a'comin'.
There wasn't nigh as many as there was awhile ago.
We fired once more an' they begin to runnin'
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.</p

“We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down,
So we grabbed an alligator an' we fought another round.”

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Jimmy Driftwood The Battle of New Orleans

"The Battle of New Orleans" (1936)
Contexto: We fired our cannon 'til the barrel melted down,
So we grabbed an alligator an' we fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls an' powdered his behind,
An' when they touched the powder off, the 'gator lost his mind.

“The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green.”

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Jimmy Driftwood

"Tennessee Stud" (1958)
Contexto: The Tennessee stud was long and lean
The color of the sun and his eyes were green.
He had the nerve and he had the blood
And there never was a hoss like the Tennessee stud.

“Stirrup to stirrup and side by side
We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide.”

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Jimmy Driftwood

"Tennessee Stud" (1958)
Contexto: Stirrup to stirrup and side by side
We crossed the mountains and the valleys wide.
We came to Big Muddy and we forded the flood
On the Tennessee mare and the Tennessee stud.

“Along about eighteen and twenty-five
I left Tennessee very much alive
I never would have got through the Arkansas mud
If I hadn't been a-ridin on the Tennessee stud.”

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Jimmy Driftwood

"Tennessee Stud" (1958)

“I love the girl with golden hair
And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare.”

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Jimmy Driftwood

"Tennessee Stud" (1958)
Contexto: Pretty little baby on the cabin floor
Little hoss colt playin' 'round the door
I love the girl with golden hair
And the Tennessee stud loves the Tennessee mare.