1.

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Met the girl I love,
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In a town way down in Dixie,
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'neath the stars up a-bove,
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She was the sweet - est girl I ever did see.

chorus:

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So - I held her in my arms,
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And told - her of her many charms,
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I kissed - her while the fiddles played,
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The Bona-parte's Re-treat.

bridge:

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All the world was bright,
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As I held her on that night,
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And I heard her say,
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Please don't you go a-way.

chorus:

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