2007-07-08 17:24:52 · 12 answers · asked by Kat 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
My roommate and I were going nuts over remembering this! I'll keep it open because some of the answers are funny, but I know the right answer now.... thanks!
2007-07-08 17:30:19 · update #1
Bojangles was a mouse in "The Green Mile".
2007-07-08 17:28:14 · answer #1 · answered by Johann 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In this song by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, he is a man:
Mr. Bojangles
I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you in worn out shoes
With silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants, the old soft shoe
He jumped so high, he jumped so high,
Then he lightly touched down
I met him in a cell in New Orleans, I was - down and out
He looked at me to be the eyes of age as he spoke right out
He talked of life, he talked of life, he laughed, slapped his leg a step
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles, dance!
He said his name, Bojangles, then he danced a lick across the cell
He grabbed his pants a better stance, oh, he jumped up high,
Then he clicked his heels
He let go a laugh, he let go a laugh,
Shook back his clothes all around
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles, dance!
He danced for throws at minstrel shows and county fairs
Through out the south
He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog and him
Had traveled about
His dog up and died, he up and died, after twenty years he still grieves
He said I dance now at every chance in honky tonks
For drink and tips
But most of the time I spend behind these county bars
'Cause I drinks a bit'
He shook his head and as he shook his head
I heard someone ask him `Please'
Please ..........
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles, dance!
Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles, dance!
2007-07-08 17:31:07 · answer #2 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real Mr. Bojangles was a man named Bill Robinson and he was a tap dancer and singer many years ago. What you are thinking about is the song by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Mr. Bojangles was a dog.
2007-07-08 17:28:32 · answer #3 · answered by manoflamancha 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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Mr. Bojangles- what animal was he and and in what movie was he in?
2015-08-19 05:54:30 · answer #4 · answered by Rex 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well- there is a Mr. Bojangles dog in the DOG SHOW sketches on Saturday Night Live... pic on this page:
http://barney.gonzaga.edu/~tlarson1/mollysnl.html
2007-07-08 17:32:06 · answer #5 · answered by ewsoprano 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mr. Bojangles was a man. He danced for you in worn out shoes, silver hair raggerd shirt and baggy pants that old soft shoe. ....
as for the dog...His dog up and died, he up and died, after twenty years he still grieves.
2007-07-08 17:37:03 · answer #6 · answered by bumbypie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was a superb Black dancer in the early 20th century. He made several movies with Shirley Temple when she was a child star.
2007-07-08 17:29:01 · answer #7 · answered by nightserf 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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Savion Glover was in it as the newcomer that dazzles him. Then they do the routine together
2016-04-07 23:31:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
human, and it was called Bojangles..
2007-07-08 17:28:07 · answer #9 · answered by arsenic sauce 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Wasnt he a mouse, in the Green Mile?
2007-07-08 17:27:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋