[Intro] (x4)
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[Verse]
           
I knew a man B

ojangles
            
And he'll danc

                  
e for you
           
  In worn out 

          
shoes
             
 With silver h

             
air and ragged

           
 shirt baggy p

          
ants
            
  He would do 

             
the old soft s

       
hoe

[Bridge]
        
 He would jump

 so high
      
Jump  so hi-ig

  
h
             
  Then he ligh

             
tly  touched d

    
own

[Verse]

 Told me of th

e time
             
 He worked wit

            
h, with minstr

               
el shows
            
 Travelling tr

             
oughout the so

      
uth
             
He spoke with 

     
tears for fift

een years
            
How his how hi

                     
s dog and he
          
 They would tr

avel about
          
 But his dog u

             
p and died
    
       Got up 

and died

 After twenty 

years he still

 grieves
He said 

[Verse]
            
I dance now at

            
 every chance 

              
in honky tonks
           
 For my drinks

          
 and tips
             
 But most the 

           
time I, I spen

              
d behind these

             
 country bars
           
 You see son I

        
,I drink a bit

[Bridge 2]
          
 Then he shook

                 
 his head
          
 Oh Lord, when

     
 he shook his 

head
             
 I can swear I

              
 heard somebod

              
y saying pleas

         
e, please

[Chorus]
            
 That's mister

   
 Bojangles
            
 Calling miste

     
r Bojangles
          
Mister Bojangl

              
es come back a

            
nd dance and d

ance
            
And dance plea

   
se dance
          
 Mister Bojang

les
         
 Mister Bojang

les
          
 Mister Bojang

              
les come back 

             
and dance and 

 
dance
            
And dance plea

         
se dance
             
 Come back and

            
 dance again m

            
ister Bojangle

      
s

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