By:  Jerry Jeff Walker 1968
 [1]Performed: Neil Diamond  
 
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| I | knew a man Bo | jangles and he | danced for you, | in | worn out | shoes | 
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| With | silver hair and | ragged shirt and | baggy pants, | the | old soft | shoe | 
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|  | He jumped so | high, | jumped so | high, then he | lightly touched | down | 
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| I | met him in a | cell down in | New Orleans, | , I was | down and | out | 
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| He | looked to me to | be the eyes of | age, | as he | spoke right | out | 
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|  | He talked of | life, | talked of | life, | he | laughed slapped his leg a | step | 
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|  | Mr Bo | janges |  | Mr Bo | jangles |  | Mr Bo | jangles |  | dance | 
 
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| He | said his name Bo | jangles then he | danced a lick, | a | cross the | cell | 
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| He | grabbed his pants for a | better stance he | jumped so high, | and he | clicked his | heels | 
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|  | He let go a | laugh, | let go a | laugh, | shook | back his clothes all | around | 
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| He | danced for those at | minstrel shows and | county fairs, | through | out the | south | 
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| He | spoke with tears of | fifteen years how his | dog and he, |  | travelled | about | 
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|  | His dog up and | died, | he up and | died, | after | twenty years he still | greaved | 
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|  | Mr Bo | janges |  | Mr Bo | jangles |  | Mr Bo | jangles |  | dance | 
 
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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 of the time I | spend behind these | county bars, | cause I | drinks a | bit | 
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|  | He shook his | head and as | he shook his | head, | I heard | someone ask | please | 
|  | Am | G | G | Am | G | G | Am | G | G | C | 
|  | Mr Bo | janges |  | Mr Bo | jangles |  | Mr Bo | jangles | go on and | dance | 
 
 Created 2010 Jun 08 22:41
 
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