Met the girl that I love, in a town way down in Texas   'Neath 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   An' I kissed her while the fiddles played, the Bonaparte's retreat      All the world was bright as I held her hand that night   And I heard her say, "Don't you ever go away"   So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms   An' I kissed her while the guitars played, the Bonaparte's retreat      All the world was bright as I held her hand that night   And I heard her say, "Don't you ever go away"   So I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms   An' I kissed her while the guitars played, the Bonaparte's retreat