Mr Bojangles lyrics by Neil Diamond
Information:Following conventional lyric notation practice, words are broken into syllables to interpret the phrasing of the lyrics. Each word syllable in the lyrics below represents a note on the vocal part of this arrangement. A hyphen '-' or trailing hyphens following a word syllable indicates that the word syllable is extended over more than one note.
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Mr Bojangles - Neil Diamond
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INTRO . . . . . . . . . .
Knew a man, Bo-jang-les
and he'd dance for you....
in worn out shoes
Sil-ver hair, a rag-ged shirt
and bag-gy pants
The old soft shoe
He jumps so high, jumps so high
- Then he'd light-ly touch down
Met him in a cell in New Or-leans
he was down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
as he spoke right out
He talked of life, talked of life
- He laughed, slap his leg, and stepped
Mis-ter Bo-jang-les
Mis-ter Bo-jang-les
Mis-ter Bo-jang-les, dance
Said his name Bo-jang-les
and he danced the lick, a-cross the cell
Wrapped his pants, a bet-ter stance
and jumped so high, clicked - his heels
He let go a laugh, let go a laugh
Shook back his clothes all a-round
Danced for those at Mins-trel shows
and Coun-ty Fairs through-out the south
Spoke with tears of fif-teen years how
his dog and him had trav-elled a-bout
His dog up and died, he up and died
- Af-ter twen-ty years he still grieves
Mis-ter Bo-jang-les
Mis-ter Bo-jang-les
Mis-ter Bo-jang-les, dance
Said I dance now at eve-ry chance
in hon-ky tonks for drinks and tips
Most the time I spend
be-hind these Coun-ty bars
'Cos I drinks a bit
He shook his head and as
he shook his head
I heard some-one ask please
Mis-ter Bo-jang-les
Mis-ter Bo-jang-les
Mis-ter Bo-jang-les, go on and dance
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
