Jerry Jeff Walker – Mr Bojangles (Guitar Live)

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I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you,     in worn-

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out shoes.

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With silver hair a ragged shirt and baggy pants,      he did

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the old soft shoe.

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  He jumped so high, jumped so high,      then he lightly

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touched down.

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 Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, dance.

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I met him in a cell, I was in New Orleans       I was down and

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out.

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He looked at me to be the eyes of age       as he spoke right

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out.

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  He talked of life, talked of life,       he laughed,slapped

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his leg a step.

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He said his name, Bojangles, and he danced a lick,

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       across the cell.

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He grabbed his pants for better stance, and he jumped up high.

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      He clicked his heels, he let go a laugh oh let go a

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laugh, shook back his clothes all around.

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 Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, dance.

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He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs

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        throughout the south.

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He spoke with tears of fifteen years      how his dog and he

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  traveled about.

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  His dog up and died, he up and died,      After twenty

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years he still grieved.

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He said, "I dance now at every chance in honky tonks

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       for drinks and tips.

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But most of the time I spend behind these county bars".

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     "Hell I drinks a bit."

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  He shook his head and he shook his head,     I heard someone

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ask him please,

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 Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles, dance.

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 Ya, I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you