All the world was bright as I held her on that night
Yes, I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms
The Bonaparte's retreat everybody
Please don't you go away
Please don't you go away
So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms
So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms
She was the sweetest girl I ever did see
Beneath the stars up above
I kissed her while everybody played
All the world was bright as I held her on that night
And I heard her say
So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms
I kissed her while the guitars played
She was the sweetest girl I ever did see
The Bonaparte's retreat bagpipe
I kissed her while the fiddles played
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
Well I met the girl I, I love in a town way down in Dixie
Yes, I held her in my arms, I told her of her many charms
The Bonaparte's retreat fiddle
I kissed her while everybody's playin'
And I heard her say
The Bonaparte's retreat guitar
