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Met the girl I love 
 
In a town 'way down in Dixie 
 
'Neath the stars above 
 
She was the sweetest girl I ever did see 
 
So I took her in my arms, 
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And I told her of her many charms,  
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I kissed her while the fiddles played,  
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The Bonaparte's Re-treat. 
 
All the (world was bright 
 
As I held her on that night 
 
And I heard her say 
 
"Please don't ever go away",  
 
So I held her in my arms, 
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And Told her of her many charms,  
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I Kissed her while the fiddles played,  
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The Bonaparte's Re-treat.