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Bonaparte’s Retreat Lyrics by The Holy Modal Rounders

I Make a Wish for a Potato

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Met the girl I loved way down way down in Dixie
'Neath the stars above, she was the sweetest girl I ever did see
When I held her in my arms and told her my special charms
I kissed her while the fiddles played The Bonaparte's Retreat
All the world was bright when I held you on that night
And I heard you say that you'll never go away
But now her heart is all askew and I have left my water new
I miss when the fiddles played The Bonaparte's Retreat
Met the girl I loved way down way down in Dixie
'Neath the stars above, she was the cutest girl I ever did see
When I held her in my arms and told her my special charms
I kissed her while the fiddles played The Bonaparte's Retreat
All the world was bright when I held you on that night
And I heard you say that you'll never go away
But now my heart is all askew and I have left my water new
I miss when the fiddles played The Bonaparte's Retreat
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The Holy Modal Rounders

The Holy Modal Rounders

About “Bonaparte’s Retreat” by The Holy Modal Rounders

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