Bojangles Poems - Poems about Bojangles

Mr. Bojangles Song by Jerry Jeff Walker I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you In worn out shoes Silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants The old soft shoe He jumped so high He jumped so high Then he'd lightly touched down Mr bojangles Mr bojangles Mr bojangles Dance I met him in a cell in new orleans i was Down and out He looked to me...

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Piano man was what he said he was called. Percussion he didn’t need to keep us enthralled. Pianoforte, this was his instrument of choice. Pacifying and entertaining with his velvet voice. Piano man hit heights. Please play those black and whites. Pick a tune with pazazz. Play that great old time Jazz. Phrase those songs to tap our feet. Pure honkey tonk,...

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I swore over and over and over and over Forever to love her no matter the whim But time after time as each siren would call I rambled and left her my nose — in the wind (Dreamsleep: December, 2024) ...

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Referee Skeleton was reluctant to join his brother But he was urged by his sister, father and mother So, he went to the speak easy and danced the night away With Bojangles, his brother, who knows how to play. They did the watusi, two step, and a few moves of their own. Some of the women watched from afar, one...

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The imagery of experience, the magic of verse Each word bought and paid for —to bless or to curse (Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: 1971) ‘With Jerry Jeff Walker At The Main Point’...

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