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Thread #35606   Message #487537
Posted By: Les B
20-Jun-01 - 12:11 AM
Thread Name: Napoleon's retreat
Subject: Bonaparte's retreat
Pinetop Slim - as I remember them, the lyrics are something like:

Met the girl I love in a town way down in Dixie
'Neath the stars above, prettiest girl I ever did see

So I held her in my arms, and told her of her many charms
Held her while the fiddles played the Bonaparte's Retreat

(arabic part} Oh the world was bright as I held her on that night
And I heard her say, "please don't go away"

So I held her in my arms, and told her of her many charms
Held her while the fiddles played the Bonaparte's Retreat

As I remember, Glenn Campbell's version simply changed the instrument reference from "fiddle" to "guitar" to "bag pipes" etc. Campbell then played an instrumental break on each instrument mentioned.