Lonnie Donegan- The battle of New Orleans

murphysbricks1 right about the history.
"USHistoryX2: It's "Packenham" not Patton." Patton was the one who kepting the UK from speaking German present day.
This song was written by Jimmy Driftwood. His wife was my 3rd grade teacher at Mtn. View, AR. Mr. Driftwood would come to the school a couple times a year, and play for all the kids. I first heard of Lonnie Donegan on a Van Morrison CD. He could go high and go low with singing. Thanks for the post!

Donegan wasnt Scottish, of course. He was an East End Jew who happened to be born in Glasgow when his musician parents had to live there for a while and returned to London very soon after. He had a great voice for this sort of thing, but deserted British jazz to make money from skiffle and comedy songs. He couldnt write songs so resorted to borrowing and recycling from everything from 17thC Scottish ballads to Woody Guthrie.

USHistoryX2: It's "Packenham" not Patton. When this was recorded in the 50s you couldnt use"bloody" on a British record. Hence "blooming".

This song isn't Scottish the singer is though it was written by Jimmy Driftwood and made famous by Johnny Horton who many give credit for even though Driftwood actually wrote it.

5 bro thank mick for the share,,,bry,,terrific

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Well it's actually a Scottish tune originally collected by Cecil Sharpe - though not with the same lyrics. The Yanks stole the melody (as usual) and called it their own.
You just ask Lonnie.. Oh no - you can't can you. Well ask his sister then - she'll say I'm right

Bloody squirrel guns should be banned LOL. From a brit

In Britain, especially in those days, 'bloody' was considered a curse word like saying 'damn' or 'hell' in the U.S. You'll notice that even in the American version of the song when it gets to the line ''we really gave 'em....,'' the word 'hell' is not sung.

Ah ok. Makes sense now. Thanks for the info. Much obliged.