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I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you
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  In worn out shoes
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Silver hair, ragged shirt and baggy pants
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  That old soft shoe

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  He jumped so high, he jumped so high.
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 Then he lightly touched down

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    Mr. Bojangles!!  Mr. Bojangles!!

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Dance..

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I met him in a cell in New Orleans

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I was down and out

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He looked to me to be the eye of age

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as he spoke right out


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He talked of life, he talked of life,

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laughing slapped his leg stale

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Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, 

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dance.

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He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick

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all across the cell

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He grabbed his pants for a better stance,oh he jumped so high

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and he clicked up his heels

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He let go laugh, he let go laugh,

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shook back his clothes all around

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Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, 

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dance, yeah, dance

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He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs

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throughtout the south

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He spoke with tears of 15 years of how his dog and him 

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just traveled about

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His dog up and died, he up and died,

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and after 20 years he still grieves

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Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, 

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dance.

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He said "I dance now at every chance at 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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cause I drinks a bit"

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He shook his head, yes he shook his head,

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I heard someone ask him, please?

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Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles, 

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dance, dance, Mr Bojangles, dance.