I met a girl I loved in a town way down in Dixie Neath the stars above the sweetest thing I ever did see So I held her in my arms I told her of her many charms I kissed her while the fiddles played the Bonaparte's Retreat And all the world seemed bright as I held her on that night And I heard her say please don't you ever go away 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 [ guitar - steel ] Well I met a girl I loved in a town way down in Dixie... And all the world seemed bright as I held her on that night...