Biografia:
Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York, on 16 March 1942; died 23 October 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known for writing the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles".
During the late 1950s, Crosby was a member of a local Oneonta teen band called The Tones. The band traveled to Philadelphia to audition for Dick Clark's "American Bandstand", but were turned down. Members of the band found Dick Clark's
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Outras músicas:
- Mr. Bojangles
- Pissing In The Wind
- Backsliders Wine
- Broken Toys
- Charlie Dunn
- Couldnt Do Nothin Right
- Cowboy Boots And Bathing Suits
- Dear John Letter
- Dear John Letter Lounge
- Desperados Waiting For A Train
- Dont It Make You Wanna Dance
- Dust On My Boots
- Fading Lady
- Feel Like Hank Williams Tonite
- Flowers In The Snow
- Gettin By
- Getting By
- Gonzo Compadres
- Got Lucky Last Night
- Gringo In Belize
- Hairy Ass Hillbillies
- Hairy Ass Hillbilly
- Heart Of A Saturday Night
- Hill Country Rain
- I Feel Like Hank Williams
- I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight
- Its A Good Night For Singing
- Ive Got Boats To Build
- Jaded Lover
- La Freeway
- Leavin Texas
- Little Bird
- London Homesick Blues
- Love Changes Everything
- Mannys Hat Song
- Messin With Texas
- More Often Than Not
- Mr Bojangles
- Mr Bojangles On One Page
- My Old Man
- Navajo Rug
- No Roots In Ramblin
- Northeast Texas Women
- Old Beat Up Guitar
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- One Too Many Mornings
- Pickup Truck Song
- Please Let Me Be
- Pot Cant Call The Kettle Black
- Public Domain
- Railroad Lady
- Redneck Mother
- Rhythm Of The Rain
- Rockin Chair
- Rodeo Wind
- Sailing
- Sangria Wine
- Slim Chance And The Cant Hardly Playboys
- Some Go Home
- Song For The Life
- Stereo Chickens
- Stoney
- Takin It As It Comes
- That Old Beat Up Guitar
- The Dutchman
- The First Showboat
- The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder
- Viva Luchenbach
- What I Like About Texas
- Woman In Texas
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I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
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In worn out shoes
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Silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants
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He did the old soft shoe
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He jumped so high he jumped so high
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Then he'd lightly touch down
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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 eyes 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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He laughed slapped his leg a step
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He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick, across the cell
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He grabbed his pants a better stance then he jumped so high
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He clicked his heels
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He let go a laugh oh he let go a laugh
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SHook back his clothes all around
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Mr. Bojangles
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Mr. Bojangles
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Mr. Bojangles
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Dance
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He danced for those at minstrel shows
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and county fairs, throughout the South
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He spoke with tears of fifteen years
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how his dog and him, traveled about
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His dog up and died he up and died
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After twenty years he still grieves
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He said I dance now at every chance in honky tonks, for drinks and tips
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But most o' the time I spend behind these county bars
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Hell I drinks a bit
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He sHook his head and as he sHook his head
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I heard someone ask him please
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Mr. Bojangles
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Mr. Bojangles
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Mr. Bojangles
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Dance
I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
D7
In worn out shoes
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Silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants
D C
He did the old soft shoe
B7 Em A7
He jumped so high he jumped so high
D D7
Then he'd lightly touch down
G Bm Em C
I met him in a cell in New Orleans
D
I was down and out
G Bm Em C
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
D C
As he spoke right out
B7 Em A7
He talked of life he talked of life
D D7
He laughed slapped his leg a step
G Bm Em C D7
He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick, across the cell
G Bm Em C
He grabbed his pants a better stance then he jumped so high
D7
He clicked his heels
C D7 Em A7
He let go a laugh oh he let go a laugh
D D7 Em
SHook back his clothes all around
D Em
Mr. Bojangles
D Em
Mr. Bojangles
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Mr. Bojangles
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Dance
G Bm
He danced for those at minstrel shows
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and county fairs, throughout the South
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He spoke with tears of fifteen years
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how his dog and him, traveled about
B7 Em A7
His dog up and died he up and died
D D7
After twenty years he still grieves
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He said I dance now at every chance in honky tonks, for drinks and tips
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But most o' the time I spend behind these county bars
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Hell I drinks a bit
C B7 Em A7
He sHook his head and as he sHook his head
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I heard someone ask him please
D Em
Mr. Bojangles
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Mr. Bojangles
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Mr. Bojangles
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Dance
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