I KNEW A MAN
BOJANGLES
AND HE'D DANCE
FOR YOU
IN WORN OUT SHOES
SILVER HAIR
RAGGED SHIRT
BAGGY PANTS
HE WOULD DO THE OLD
SOFT SHOE
HE WOULD
JUMP SO HIGH
JUMP SO HIGH
AND THEN HE'D LIGHTLY
TOUCH DOWN
TOLD ME OF THE TIMES
HE WORKED WITH
WITH MINSTREL SHOWS
TRAVELING THROUGHOUT
THE SOUTH
SPOKE WITH TEARS
OF FIFTEEN YEARS
HOW HIS
HOW HIS DOG AND HE
THEY WOULD
TRAVEL ABOUT
BUT HIS DOG
UP AND DIED
DOG UP AND DIED
AFTER TWENTY YEARS
HE STILL GRIEVES
HE SAID I DANCE NOW
AT EVERY CHANCE
AT ALL I GET
FOR MY DRINKS AND TIPS
MOST THE TIME I
I SPEND BEHIND THESE
THESE COUNTY BARS
YA SEE SON
I DRINKS A BIT
THEN HE
SHOOK HIS HEAD
OH LORD WHEN HE
SHOOK HIS HEAD
THAT'S WHEN I HEARD
SOMEONE SAY PLEASE
PLEASE
THAT'S MR. BOJANGLES
CALL HIM
MR. BOJANGLES
MR. BOJANGLES
COME BACK AND DANCE
DANCE DANCE
PLEASE DANCE
NOW MR. BOJANGLES
MR. BOJANGLES
MR. BOJANGLES
DANCE
COME BACK AND
DANCE AGAIN
PLEASE BOJANGLES