| Met the man I love
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| In a town way down in Dixie
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| 'Neath the stars above
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| He was the sweetest man you ever did see
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| When he held me in his arms
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| And told me of my many charms
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| He kissed me while the fiddles played
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| The Bonaparte’s retreat
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| All the world was bright
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| When he held me on that night
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| And I heard him say
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| «Please don’t ever go away»
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| When he held me in his arms
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| And told me of my many charms
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| He kissed me while the fiddles played
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| The Bonaparte’s retreat
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| When he held me in his arms
|
| And told me of my many charms
|
| He kissed me while the fiddles played
|
| The Bonaparte’s retreat
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| All the world was bright
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| When he held me on that night
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| And I heard him say
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| «Please don’t you go away»
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| He’s gone and I’ll admit I knew
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| That I had met my waterloo
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| I knew that he would say a do
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| With Bonaparte’s retreat
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| Goodbye little boy
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| Goodbye little Joy
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| Goodbye little boy
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| So long little Joy
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| Goodbye little boy |