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Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles Lyrics

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  • I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
  • In worn out shoes
  • Silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants
  • He did the old soft shoe
  • He jumped so high he jumped so high
  • Then he'd lightly touch down
  • I met him in a cell in New Orleans
  • I was down and out
  • He looked to me to be the eyes of age
  • As he spoke right out
  • He talked of life he talked of life
  • He laughed slapped his leg a step
  • He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick across the cell
  • He grabbed his pants a better stance then he jumped so high
  • He clicked his heels
  • He let go a laugh oh he let go a laugh
  • Shook back his clothes all around
  • Chorus:
  • Mr. Bojangles
  • Mr. Bojangles
  • Mr. Bojangles
  • Dance
  • He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs throughout the South
  • He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog and him traveled about
  • His dog up and died he up and died
  • After twenty years he still grieves
  • He said I dance now at every chance in honky tonks for drinks and tips
  • But most o' the time I spend behind these county bars
  • Hell I drinks a bit
  • He shook his head and as he shook his head
  • I heard someone ask him please
  • Chorus

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