The Naming Of Things

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'