Mr. Bojangles lyrics

Song information

Artist: Jerry Jeff Walker
Album: The Best Of Jerry Jeff Walker

Lyrics

I knew a man bojangles and he danced for you, in worn out shoes
With silver hair a ragged shirt and baggy pants
He did the old soft shoe
He jumped so high, jumped so high
Then he lightly touched down

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Mister bojangles, mister bojangles
Mister bojangles, dance

I met him in a cell in new orleans I was down and out
He looked at me to be the eyes of age as he spoke right out
He talked of life, talked of life, he laughed slapped his leg a step

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He said his name, bojangles
Then he danced a lick, across the cell
He grabbed his pants a better stance oh he jumped up high
He clicked his heels, he let go a laugh, let go a laugh
Shook back his clothes all around

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He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs throughout the south
He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog and he traveled about
His dog up and died, up and died
After twenty years he still grieved

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He said, "i dance now at every chance in honky tonks for drinks and tips
But most the time I stand behind these county bars and I drinks a bit."
He shook his head and as he shook his head
I heard someone ask him please

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