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Artist: Don Gibson
Canonical path: /don-gibson/bonaparte-s-retreat
Related lyric paths: 6
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Bonaparte's Retreat
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Bonaparte's Retreat
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I met a girl I loved in a town way down in Dixie
Neath the stars above the sweetest thing I ever did see
So I held her in my arms I told her of her many charms
I kissed her while the fiddles played the Bonaparte's Retreat
And all the world seemed bright as I held her on that night
And I heard her say please don't you ever go away
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
[ guitar - steel ]
Well I met a girl I loved in a town way down in Dixie...
And all the world seemed bright as I held her on that night...
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