Mr. Bojangles - Nina Simone

[1st1anarkissed]

Beloved songstress, lovely Nina, you are audio opium. Seriously. I feel the same when I hear your voice as the way I felt on opium. Thanks.

[70sstud]

best version is by JOHN HOLT! period

[Sach1stistheverybest]

Gavin Jaunky

[AJGallichan]

Check out this English kid, Ryan Kirwan, singing this,... He is unbelievable!

youtube.com /watch?v=gczHbszEVWo

[deeway1963]

Nina was simply a Goddess! Her voice cut's right to the heart and shreds it to bit's!

[mendocruise]

I dance to this and live on the streets GOD BLESS us all

[mendocruise]

This song was sung by a good friend of mine on the streets and I fell in love with the lyrics. Homeless life is something to embrace. Blessings to those on the streets and still hopeful for LOVE. Blessings to all who read his.

[blueberryfly09]

sempre que ouço esta musica faz-me sonhar e relembrar assim momentos lindos ai Mrs Nina Simone you have such a nice voice thanks

[harrylcy118]

This song can always makes me cry for no reason,perhaps it is the magic of music.

[zanklob1]

well the song is not actually about Bill Bojangles Robinson

but about a homeless white man who called himself "Mr. Bojangles" to conceal his true identity from the police.

but good work anyway.it fits!

[mharrin5507]

@hexcane

Jerry Jeff Walker wrote it; it's a country song about a white alcoholic Walker met while locked up in a cell in New Orleans.

[mharrin5507]

Nina Simone nails it. And long live Jerry Jeff train songs.

[YoInsurrecto]

He danced for those At minstrel shows and county fairs Throughout the south He spoke with tears of 15 years How his dog and he traveled about His dog up and died, he up and died After 20 years he still grieves Mr. Bojangles, Mr. Bojangles Mr. Bojangles, dance! He said I dance now At every chance in honky tonks For drinks and tips But most of the time I spend behind these county bars He said I drinks a bit He shook his head And as he shook his head I heard someone respectfully ask Please

[fernandoniman]

This is it. Only.

[mharrin5507]

His dog up and died...after twenty years, he still grieved.

[Grandpetitpois]

I love this song!!!!!:D:D:D

[1stewdog]

search for this and hear JJW say he likes this cover version alot.

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[Krekket]

This song is amazing in that every single version of it I've heard (Sammy Davis Jr, Bob Dylan, John Holt, Nina Simone, Robbie Williams, the list goes on...) has been just as comparable to all the others. Amazing song

[dodger19701]

sorry therese, feck cheeky smiles, this is the one and only version ot this song

[vixxa]

@dodger19701 You're wrong. Perhaps you should try looking it up and then try posting again. lol

[dodger19701]

@vixxa heard them all kid, you deaf, you cant beat this, i'm not being smart but listen

[soultrader7380]

@vixxa I think that dodger19701 meant that he likes this version so much, he doesn't count the others.

[xentech]

@vixxa he didnt mean literally obviously

[dodger19701]

@dodger19701 ok vixxa, i'll give you that but i was just wanted to point out to my cousin how much better this is to, robbie feckin williams lol

[TheDean180]

@dodger19701 Song was first written andpreformed by Jerry Jeff Walker, and I ddon't think this is a bad version but listen to Robbie Williams version,not a fan of his but he does a good version,inmy opinion Neil Diamond does the best version

[ronwil]

Slow is so nice. I get to hear and really consider the lyrics. Of course, all versions are going to offer a different take, we would hope.

[cancerkills567]

Just gonna put this out there, the song isn't about Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson (the guy in the pictures)

[vixxa]

@cancerkills567 You're late, friend. That's been discussed.

[cancerkills567]

@vixxa Damn, missed my chance

[brjames87]

Too true, Great video, but inaccurate. Not that it matters, but this song is based on some white guy Jerry Jeff Walker encountered in the "drunk tank" of the New Orleans parish jail.

[vixxa]

@brjames87 awesome. we established that about 2 years ago. <3

[eeldergill]

Listen to Sammy Davis Junior's version. His voice is far better suited to the song and the pace of this version is too slow.

[CF127]

what version is the saddest?.... you say this is 2nd.

[liliansantiago]

Very good song, but this isn't the true story of Mr. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Like an image of the global imaginary, a prisioner was called Bojangles because he danced a lot. Bill Robinson was dead in 1948, and the author of this song borned in 1942.

[burntrim]

I bet you tell people how magic tricks are done and that there's no Santa.

[vrietmet]

ill but your under 18 vinyljunction.

if this is gay then im supergay lmao

mr boooooooooooojangles

[SuperXavier30]

Vixxa,I'm intrigued,not only by your profile pic,but by which version of this sad tale is the Saddest!

[vixxa]

@SuperXavier30 It's a particular Esther Phillips' version (she made at least two). It's eerie and almost depressing how upbeat it is. Her version has always made me the saddest; the pain of smile-and-bear-it. :/

[SuperXavier30]

Vixxa,Thanks for the Esther Philips nod,which I've just heard for the very first time,& I love it! I can most certainly hear where you're coming from, despite the Joyful music her Sadness still seeps through...Thanks also for Nina!!

[vinyljunction]

GAY

[sonnygerd]

@vinyljunction lol: guignol

[ilovelegoandgta]

the best version of the song ever.

[edendvatri]

@ilovelegoandgta beautiful

[bottle12345]

This is and Here Comes The Sun are My Funeral songs..............

[sapper206]

cool song