Lyrics:
Bonapartes RetreatGlen CampbellMet the girl I-I love in a town way down in DixieBeneath the stars up aboveShe was the sweetest girl I ever did seeSo I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, IKissed her while the guitars playedThe Bonaparte's RetreatGuitar....All the world wa-as bright as I held her on that nightAnd I heard her-er sayPlease don't you go awaySo I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, IKissed her while the bagpipe playedThe Bonaparte's RetreatBagpipe...Well I met the girl I-I love in a town way down in DixieBeneath the stars up aboveShe was the sweetest girl I ever did seeSo I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, IKissed her while the fiddles playedThe Bonaparte's RetreatFiddle...All the world wa-as bright as I held her on that nightAnd I heard her-er sayPlease don't you go awaySo I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, IKissed her while everybody playedThe Bonaparte's RetreatEverybody...Yes I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, IKissed her while everybody's playin'The Bonaparte's RetreatYes I held her in my arms, I told her of her many charms, and IKissed her while everybody's playin' [Fade]