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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 was bright as I held her on that night
And I heard her 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 was bright as I held her on that night
And I heard her 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'
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- Galveston
- Wichita Lineman
- A New Place In The Sun
- Hey Little One
- That Christmas Feeling
- By The Time I Get To Phoenix
- Gentle On My Mind
- Burning Bridges
- Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry
- Big Bluegrass Special
- For The Good Times
- See You There
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- Ghost on the Canvas
- Meet Glen Campbell
- Basic
- Highwayman
- Southern Nights
- Bloodline
- Rhinestone Cowboy