I KNEW A MAN
BOJANGLES AND HE
DANCED FOR YOU
IN WORN OUT SHOES
SILVER HAIR A RAGGED
SHIRT AN D BAGGY PANTS
THE OLD SOFT SHOE
HE JUMPED SO HIGH
JUMPED SO HIGH
THEN HE'D LIGHTLY
TOUCH DOWN
I MET HIM IN A CELL
IN NEW ORLEANS
HE WAS DOWN AND OUT
HE LOOKED TO ME TO
BE THE EYES OF AGE
AS HE SPOKE RIGHT OUT
HE TALKED OF LIFE
HE TALKED OF LIFE
HE LAUGHED SLAPPED
HIS LEG AND STEPPED
M R. BOJANGLES
M R. BOJANGLES
MR. BOJANGLES DANCE
HE SAID HIS NAME
BOJANGLES AND HE
DANCED A LICK
ACROSS THE CELL
HE GRABBED HIS PANTS
A BETTER STANCE
AND JUMPED SO HIGH
CLICKED HIS HEELS
HE LET GO A LAUGH
LET GO A LAUGH
SHOOK BACK HIS
CLOTHES ALL AROUND
HE DANCED FOR
THOSE IN MINSTREL
SHOWS
AT COUNTY FAIRS
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH
HE SPOKE WITH TEARS
OF FIFTEEN YEARS
HOW HIS DOG AND
HE TRAVELED ABOUT
HIS DOG UP AND DIED
HE UP AND DIED
AFTER TWENTY YEARS
HE STILL GRIEVES
M R. BOJANGLES
M R. BOJANGLES
M R. BOJANGLES
DANCE
HE SAID I DANCE NOW
AT EVERY CHANCE IN
HONKY TONKS
FOR DRINKS AND TIPS
BUT MOST THE TIME
I SPEND BEHIND
THESE COUNTY BARS
'CAUSE I DRINKS A BIT
HE SHOOK HIS HEAD
AND AS HE SHOOK HIS
HEAD I HEARD SOMEONE
ASK PLEASE
M R BOJANGLES
M R BOJANGLES
M R BOJANGLES
GO ON AND DANCE
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