Mr. Bojangles Songtext
von Jud Strunk

I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you in worn out shoes
With silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants, the old soft shoe
He′d jump so high, jump so high, then he'd lightly touch the ground

Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles
Mister Bojangles please dance

He danced for those at minstrel shows
And county fairs from town to town
He talked with tears of fifteen years of
How his dog and he had traveled around
His old dog died, he up and died
And after twenty years the old man still cried


Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles
Mister Bojangles please dance

He said "Now I dance at every chance in honky tonks for beers and tips
But most of the time I spend behind them county bars, I drink a bit"
Then he shook his head, shook his head
And as he did I heard someone say

Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles
Mister Bojangles please dance
Mister Bojangles, Mister Bojangles
Mister Bojangles please dance

Please dance
Please dance