[1] In 1950, American country music artist Pee Wee King recorded a modified version of that tune, with lyrics added, which he also called "Bonaparte's Retreat".
Some 19th-century British folk songs celebrated the event, since it ended the longtime danger that Napoleon would try to invade England.
[3][4] In 1937, American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, while travelling through Kentucky, recorded fiddler William Hamilton Stepp playing "Bonaparte's Retreat".
[6] Stepp's version of the song was used as a major component of Aaron Copland's orchestral composition "Hoe-Down" from the ballet Rodeo.
Campbell's slightly more rocking version peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
[9] Willie Nelson also covered the song as a bonus track on the reissue of his 1975 concept album Red Headed Stranger.
In addition, the song was covered by Michael Nesmith and the Second National Band's 1972 album Tantamount to Treason Vol.