It doesn't appear in textbooks and isn't included in the much-anticipated movie Napoleon – but the French politician had bold plans to start a new life in the US.
“The Battle of New Orleans” begins: “In 1814 we took a little trip/ Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp'/ We took a little bacon and we took a little beans/ And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.”
Billboard magazine ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1959 in an era mostly dominated by rock 'n' roll music. The title was “The Battle of New Orleans.”
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