[Intro]

      


[Verse 1]

             
I knew a man  

           
Bojangles and 

            
he danced for 

      
you
        
  In worn out 

               
shoes
             
Silver hair, a

           
 ragged shirt 

            
and baggy pant

      
s
        
  The old soft

              
 shoe
            
He jumped so h

             
igh, he jumped

              
 so high
              
Then he'd ligh

                
tly touch down


[Verse 2]

             
I met him in a

           
 cell in New O

                  
rleans
        
   He was down

                
 and out
            
He looked to m

/           
e to be the ey

          
es of age
        
  As he spoke 

           
right out
            
He talked of l

             
ife, he talked

              
 of life
              
He laughed, sl

              
apped his leg 

          
and stepped


[Chorus]

           
Mr. Bojangles,

           
   Mr. Bojangl

           
es,   Mr. Boja

       
ngles, dance


[Verse 3]

             
He said his na

           
me Bojangles a

            
nd he danced a

       
 lick
        
   Across the 

      
cell
           
Grabbed his pa

             
nts, a better 

            
stance and jum

              
ped so high
            
clicked his he

      
els
            
He let go a la

             
ugh, let go a 

                
laugh
              
Shook back his

             
 clothes all a

      
round


[Verse 4]

             
He danced for 

           
those in minst

              
rel shows and 

              
county fairs
        
   Throughout 

             
the south
             
He spoke with 

           
tears of fifte

              
en years how h

              
is dog and he
      
...traveled ab

     
out
             
His dog up and

            
 died he up an

            
d died
              
After twenty y

              
ears he still 

      
grieves


[Chorus]

           
Mr. Bojangle, 

           
Mr. Bojangles,

           
 Mr. Bojangles

  
, dance


[Verse 5]

             
He said I danc

           
e now at every

            
 chance in hon

            
ky tonks
        
   For drinks 

         
and tips
             
But most the t

           
ime I spend be

            
hind these cou

            
nty bars
        
  'Cause I dri

           
nks a bit
            
He shook his h

             
ead and as he 

                    
shook his head
              
I heard someon

             
e ask, please


[Chorus]

           
Mr.Bojangles, 

          
Mr.Bojangle, M

     
r. Bojangles
           
Go on and danc

e


[Outro]
             
La, la, la, la

                                   
, la, la.....
        
La, la, la, la

          
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