Met the girl I-I love in a town way down in Dixie Beneath the stars up above She was the sweetest girl I ever did see So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, I Kissed her while the guitars played The Bonaparte's Retreat Guitar.... All the world wa-as bright as I held her on that night And I heard her-er say Please don't you go away So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, I Kissed her while the bagpipe played The Bonaparte's Retreat Bagpipe... Well I met the girl I-I love in a town way down in Dixie Beneath the stars up above She was the sweetest girl I ever did see So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, I Kissed her while the fiddles played The Bonaparte's Retreat Fiddle... All the world wa-as bright as I held her on that night And I heard her-er say Please don't you go away So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, I Kissed her while everybody played The Bonaparte's Retreat Everybody... Yes I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, I Kissed her while everybody's playin' The Bonaparte's Retreat Yes I held her in my arms, I told her of her many charms, and I Kissed her while everybody's playin' [Fade]