"The Hunters of Kentucky", also called "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Half Horse and Half Alligator", was a song written to commemorate Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans. In both 1824 and 1828 Jackson used the song as his campaign song during his presidential campaigns. "Hunters of Kentucky" was originally published ca. 1815 in Boston and celebrated the courage of the Kentuckians who fought in the Battle of New Orleans. One-fourth of Jackson's men at the Battle of New Orleans were from Kentucky. It was sung the way Irish singers told stories in narrative form and performed to the tune of "Ally Croker" and "The Unfortunate Miss Bailey". Written in 1821 by Samuel Woodworth, it was first sung in New Orleans in 1822 by Noah M. Ludlow. When Ludlow first performed the song, the audience was filled with boatmen who had floated down the Mississippi River from Kentucky; they refused to let him leave the stage until he sang it two more times. The "half horse and half alligator" description was a common expression for boatmen like Mike Fink and other backwoodsmen of the period. It was printed in The Burl Ives Songbook (1953) (only four verses printed). It was recorded by Burl Ives on Songs of North and South and Oscar Brand on Election Songs of the United States (1960).