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Mr. BojanglesLin-Manuel Miranda

Released: May 27, 2019

Songwriter: Jerry Jeff Walker

(Verse 1)
I knew a man
"Bojangles" and
He'd dance for you
In worn out shoes
Silver hair
A ragged shirt
And baggy pants
The old Soft Shoe

(Refrain 1)
He jumped so high
He jumped so high
Then he'd lightly touch down

(Chorus)
Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles
Dance

(Verse 2)
I met him in
A cell in New Orleans
I was
Down and out
He looked to me
To be
The eyes of age
As he spoke right out

(Refrain 2)
He talked of life
He talked of life
He laugh, clicked his heels in step

(Verse 3)
He said the name
"Bojangles" and
He danced a lick
Across the cell
He grabbed his pants
A better stance
Whoa, he jumped up high
He clicked his heels

(Refrain 3)
He let go a laugh
Let go a laugh
Shook back his clothes all around

(Chorus)
Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles
Dance

(Verse 4)
He's danced for those
At minstrel shows
And county fairs
Throughout the South
He spoke with tears
Of fifteen years
How his dog and him
They traveled about

(Refrain 4)
His dog up and died
He up and died
After twenty years he still grieves

(Verse 5)
He said "I dance
"Now at every chance
"In honkytonks
"For drinks and tips
"Most of the time
"I spend behind
"These county bars
"'Cause I drink a bit"

(Refrain 5)
He shook his head
And as he shook his head
I heard someone ask, "Please?

(Chorus)
"Mr. Bojangles
"Mr. Bojangles
"Mr. Bojangles
"Dance"

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning American writer, composer, playwright, and actor. He created and starred in two hit musicals, In the Heights and Hamilton (2015), an epic adaptation of Ron Chernow’s biography of the American founding father. Miranda also co-wrote the music and lyrics for Disney’s Moana (2016). The film’s main theme, “How Far I’ll Go”, was nominated for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Personally, Miranda has received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Hamilton), three Tony Awards (Best Original Score for both ITH and Hamilton, Best Book of a Musical for Hamilton), two Grammys (Best Musical Theatre Album ITH, Hamilton), and an Emmy (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for “Bigger”). He was the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant”. He has a star on the Puerto Rican Walk of Fame and will receive a Hollywood star in 2018.

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