Mr Bojangles

[babykoda3]

they played this at my grandads funeral

[AmericanSoldierSS]

Like the song, but dislike the Negroid singing...

[loveforkaren]

@smackdaddy- not nearly as funny A racist retarded redneck !!as a rac

[youngdave1000]

Magic

[Smackdaddy9]

Folks, I think we can all agree that dancing niggers are funny. Can we please leave it at that?

[Omiewise65]

@Smackdaddy9 Nomen est omen , it's said . In your case being a racist ashole you better hurry up , get another hit and go to hell , dumbass !

[bumblebeemoi1]

As much as I love Bill Robinson and those pictures from the movies, that song has NOTHING to do with Bill Robinson. Listen to the song. Jerry Jeff Walker is singing about how he was thrown in jail one night in New Orleans. There was an older man in the cell who called himself "Mr Bojangles."

Though this is a very good version, all the pictures about Bill Robisnosn simply perpetuate a misunderstanding. Again, listen to or read the words.

[rington1]

@bumblebeemoi1 Thank you for your input, but this type of comment has been made before. I made a mistake by not researching the song, and I apologise if I have given you cause concern.

Alex…

[FistVugel]

Die Gitarre tut soo weeh!!! 

[bellini7verdi]

NINA SIMON JOEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[rockabillygaz]

easy on the mind and soul,,,like the breeze it anit gota b heavy,,,cheers

[stewjm04171962]

I cant wait to hear more. As a 30 year plus musician,...... I bow to you. I think if you slowed down the guitar it would ne more heart feeling. You got it. Guitar is rushing it

Just my opinion. You are singing it soooooooooooooooooo goood

[stewjm04171962]

I cant wait to hear more. As a 30 plus musician,...... I bow to you

[rington1]

@StereoRat Thanks for the view anyway....

[WolfgangHolzmann]

What a lovely cover. It made me cry.

My very good friend died today, he played and sang this a lot.

[PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

Wonderful montage.

[schazz50]

I just gotta take time out to say thanks great stuff your gonna make me cry.... I'm touched this morning...gonna have a good day now....

[crankbv1]

Don't know what it is Alex,but you have a voice that gets to a person after a while and which was previously commented on here.Your version of Bojangles is as touching as it is listenable. Thanks for the rendition.

[rington1]

@crankbv1 You know, I never thought for one minute anyone would view my songs, I started putting songs onto YouTube because I needed room on my hard-drive. Now I have people such as yourself making such wonderful comments, it mad. I do have two songs that you might find of interest and I would most welcome your comments on them; St James infirmary blues and Georgia on my mind.

Once again thank you for your comment.

Alex.

[stewjm04171962]

@rington1 we love them and you Keep them coming

[fwfanfw]

Very good video . . .

[rington1]

@fwfanfw Thank you for your comment. Alex...

[ConservativeInk]

@rington1 You have a fantasic, very haunting, soulful, touching voice, pal....Your voice cuts to the soul...You may think I am crazy but you should go on American Idol and sing Mr. Bojangles. Do it! This the BEST version of Mr. Bojangles I have ever heard...

[rickcee]

What's with the incredibly out of tune guitar? Cool effect. You rube.

[ddd3240]

Probably the best version I ever heard of this one.The first time I heard you I thought "who the heck is this hillbilly"? The more I listen the better this durn hillbilly gets. Keep it up and I will keep listening, Truely enjoyable. Thanks for the efforts and thanks for the fine music. From down in Texas, Thanks.

[rington1]

@ddd3240 That for such a very kind comment, please view some of my other vids, you might like them too. Alex...

[TheFarrierphil]

really, really enjoyed that rington, thank you. :-)

[rington1]

@TheFarrierphil Thank very much for your kind comment.

Alex.

[AyzeeDJ]

nice like sugar an spice

[rington1]

@AyzeeDJ Thank you

[libertas1776]

Rington1 (or Alex), VERY nice. Probably one of the best renditions of this song I have heard.

[rington1]

@libertas1776 Thank you for your very kind comment Alex..

[PecanSandees23]

The Bojangles reference in this song is NOT Bill Bojangles Robinson, but another man (white, BTW) who was known for dancing for meals and tips. The family of Bill Bojangles Robinson is still upset people believe this is about the famous performer.

[dc3te]

Who's singing this version? This is my favorite version so far, love his voice.

[rington1]

@dc3te the singer of this song is me Rington1, or Alex to my friends, thank you for the comment, please have a look at some of my other videos.

Alex...

[kalhuaNG]

Mr. Bojangles was a real OG before anyone else. :D

[Shabannie]

I enjoyed your video!

-------Ellen

[rington1]

@Shabannie Thank you, and thanks for the view.

Alex...

[LouisTheAsian]

Definitions: 7 | "bojangles" 1. A bouncing male package. Usually when a guy wears sweat pants or basketball shorts (any loose/thin material), you can see his package bouncing around. It got its name from the song Mr.  bojangles: "I knew a man bojangles and he danced for you ..."

[rington1]

@LouisTheAsian Well they say you learn something new everyday, thank you for this interesting snip-it.

Alex...

[rington1]

@smart2752 Thank you very much for the comment.

Alex...

[jojo4700]

Awesome. . Thank you

[rington1]

@jojo4700 Thank you for the comment and view.

Alex...

[abombinreverse]

sounds Bob Dylan like

[rington1]

@abombinreverse Thank you, But I wish lol.

[SignsForIntelligence]

This song is really about a white guy in a New Orleans jail in the 60's. Written by Jeff Walker also in jail at the same time.

wsv wvictorson@aol.com

[AllRequired]

@SignsForIntelligence According to Walker's testimonials, that "white guy" wanted to keep his actual identity a secret.

[savemyplaylist]

my god, you'd think this idiot would tune his guitar before recording. 

[rington1]

@savemyplaylist I'm not an idiot...

[mrjf101]

remarkale man

[rington1]

@mrjf101 thank you

[lifestudent55]

A fitting tribute.

[rington1]

@lifestudent55 too kind thanks

[partisan72]

Great song,never worn out.Why there's not Dylan's version on YT?Copyright issues or something?

[rington1]

@partisan72 thanks for the comment, look on your channel comments i put a link to a Dylan mp3.

[shroomy2]

dance dance dance ...........love it

[rington1]

@shroomy2 Thank you so much, please have a view of one or two of my other videos.

[Scottishcarly]

omg - I LOVE it !  Always thought that Sammy Davies Junior did the original -shame on me !!!! Love both versions and love that at 36, I'm still learing about what good music is :)

[rington1]

@Scottishcarly Good for you, keep it, it will last you a life time.

[Tudy1945]

one of my favorite songs...love the dance he and Shirley Temple did in the movie.

[rington1]

@Tudy1945 Glad you liked it, thank you

[3silbermond3]

Thank you so much for this Version. 

[rington1]

@3silbermond3 No thank you for the view and comment.

[snowy0877]

i`m only 32 and still finding my way through music

this is a welcome and wonderfull stop gap thaks

[rington1]

@snowy0877 Thank you for this kind comment.

Alex...

[Bartenderandthethief]

tune your guitar

[rington1]

@Bartenderandthethief ok  thanks for the advice

[cyndi1231]

thank you for sharing, this is from canada, some songs touch everyone,thankyou

[rington1]

@cyndi1231 thank you for the comment.

Alex

[Alexander2010ization]

this was played at lincoln city soccer team former managers funeral today

[rington1]

Keith Alexander, yes, a great loss and only 53.

[nRoy70]

Beautiful!

[rington1]

@nRoy70 You're so kind, thank you.

Alex...

[CrunchyFrog1965]

WONDERFULL! WUNDERVOLL!

...from Hamburg (Germany)

Crunchy Frog

[rington1]

Thank you so much.

Alex...

[newbiefromnewbie]

Nice, heartfelt version. Your voice is nice, but the guitar is a little out of tune, and some of the strumming is out of time, but overall a very nice version. WOuld like to hear you do it again after a little more polish. Good job; enjoyed it.

[rington1]

Thank for your comment, the song is done now, maybe I should have left it until I could play a little better, I'd only been playing for about 6 months. That's not saying that I'm any better now...lol. Thanks again.

Alex...

[JEMCO2008]

thanks for the post

Mr Robinson made so many smile

and still today and tomorow

[rington1]

thank you for the comment.

[janken919]

This song sounds like the old man on Family Guy.

[rington1]

That's so cool, thank you.

Alex...

[ApplePhenom]

His name is Herbert The Pervert

[nikki8th]

when the song 1st came on i said "wth" but i let it ply all the way out. it's actually not bad just different

[rington1]

Thank for staying the full round.... Too many people try to copy songs, sounding really bad doing so. So I try to be different... Be myself.

Alex...

[tori481]

Good God the guitar is flat. Makes me wince......

[rington1]

Sorry,

Alex...

[JayGlatts]

Wow, I normally hate this song, but this version is very good. It's like a completely different song.

[rington1]

Thank you for saying so, people love or hate it, Happy new year to you.

Alex...

[mommarox2]

OMG, I missed this song, this is a fav of mine and I love this cover you did.

fantastic work on this Alex

5'd and fav'd

endless starz

[rington1]

Thank you again Momma, hugs...

Alex...

[fuzzduck2007]

i think the person playing the guitar must be deaf.hes ment to back the singer up.not fly off ahead.he must be late for something!.

[rington1]

thank you

[shiekaa]

BOO!

[rington1]

thank you

[heather196565]

the guitar is not out of tune...the singer is off... the singer of this song here is not singing on cue...Way out!! he has a beautiful voice, but not singing it correctly.

[rington1]

Thank you for your input, But I'm only a back bedroom performer, trying to sing some of my fav songs for fun... Glad you like my voice, and thanks for the comment.

Alex...

[AGNESE44]

Lovely!! I didn't know the whole story! thanks!!

[rington1]

Thank you so much, for such a kind comment.

Alex...

[dubovie]

The song was originally written by Jerry Jeff Walker who met a street performer in the New Orleans Precinct Jail. There was a murder on the 4th of July 1965 and every street performer was arrested. Meanwhile, Jerry Jeff Walker was arrested for being drunk and disorderly and spoke to the street performer who still danced even in the prison cells. The security guards nicknamed all the prisoners and the street performer's name was Bojangles.

Also the guitar is horribly out of tune :)

Josh

[rington1]

Thanks for the info Josh....

Alex....

[TheBikercat]

This song probably isn't written about any one individual - certainly not about the Bojangles of film fame - but a composite of the many black song and dance men using that name. They weren't exactly "cashing in" on someone else's fame, just using the well-known name to share a little of his success. Such a practice was common in the south during the vaudeville era and the depression - for example, there were many gospel groups known as the "Five Blind Boys of Alabama".

[MrDaveb67]

@TheBikercat  That makes sense except that the writer said it was about a guy he met in the drunk tank in a New Orleans Jail.

[TheVinylRecord]

It's been stated time and time again...this song has nothing to do with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

[whershey]

Actually, it does. When questioned the writer admitted he had never met the "real" Bojangles (long after he stated he had met Bojangles in a cell). However, every singer who ever sung the song is singing about the Bojangles who danced with Shirley Temple.

[rington1]

Thank you...

Alex.

[rington1]

i think you might be right, but there is more to the background of this song. I need to research it. Thanks for the interest.

Alex...

[laarbe]

Bill Bojangles, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown, Michael Jackson. All exceptional performers of their time and considered the greates of their time. All dead now and if only the young can appreciate and celebrate what these men have gone thru to pave the way for them to make it a little easier. Thanks for the post.

[rington1]

You're welcome.

Alex...

[joolooj]

beautiful

[rington1]

Very kind of you to say so, thank you.

Alex...

[laurietrn]

The first time I heard the song was when Jim Croce sang it in the 1970's. I do remember watching Bill Robinson movies on the black and white tv.

[rington1]

I don't think that I've seen any of the movies. Thanks for your input.

Alex...

[eagle45137]

He was treated better in Broadway then when he went to Hollywood. He taught Shirley Temple a new way to walk up the stairs in the movie "The Little General" I think

[rington1]

I think that you're right, thanks for the comment.

Alex...

[AceBG27]

Little Colonel

[rington1]

Thank you....

Alex...

[ayebatonyeseigha]

is this the real bojangles

[rington1]

These pictures are of the Bojangles who was a movie star dancer, not the one the song is about.

[SlyGuy52]

not bad but i like the nitty gritty dirt band better..just cuz its a little more up-beat

[rington1]

Thank you for your comment most welcome.

Alex....

[rington1]

thank you so much for your comment.

Alex...

[lilsassyrebel]

who was the first person who sang this song? i remember when i was a kid my dad pulled out the 8 track and played this song for me! all the ones i have heard dont have the whine in the voice that i heard!

[BLUEIYEDSOUL]

Jerry Jeff Walker wrote and recorded the first version.

[volstar88]

That cover has to be the most awful thing I have heard in a long time. Sorry.

[rington1]

never mind loads of others to listen to.

Alex....

[gaiagale]

Thank you for posting your Mr. Bojangles! I have heard so many yet few are believable. I believed you when I closed my eyes 'cause the video images confused me : )

Bravo! ...you captured the spirit of Mr. Bojangles!

[rington1]

Thank you Gale and I do understand about the pictures, thanks again.

Alex....

[dfcvda]

simply awesome.

[rington1]

thank you very much for your kind comment

Alex...

[rington1]

I'm very sorry to hear that.

[pnfkwfl]

Thank you for posting this.  It is like an audio jewel. Simply sublime.

[rington1]

thank you for such a lovely comment.

Alex...

[rasc1944]

2ND THAT MOTION!

[porn1978]

HANDS DOWN! Jim Croce has the BEST version of this song.

[rington1]

thanks for the view.

Mine would be Neil Diamond's

Alex....

[gaden74]

wow thanx for posting this great vid, very nice voice and guitar too !!!

[rington1]

thank you for taking the time to comment.

[nookie077]

No disrespect meant, i enjoyed it. It's just that as a guitar player myself, i know that even with clean changes tuning issues can really cut through an otherwise good performance... especially to a sensitive ear.

[rington1]

i understand, thank you for your time. i'm not much of a guitar player, it's all done in fun.

[Dsenuik]

bob dylan made the og right?

[rington1]

No! written and initially recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968. Bob Dylan was only one of a great many to cover this song.

[Dsenuik]

okay, whats ur favoirite version though?

[pnfkwfl]

Rington,

.

I am confused, (not hard to do) I thought this was a recording of Mr. Robinson singing. Yet you say Jeff Walker wrote this in 1969. WHO is sining then?

.

Thanks in advance

[rington1]

The person singing in this recording is ME I did it in June 2007, I did not have a video camera at the time so I set some pictures up in movie maker. The Singer is Rington1 or Alex Hadley they are both my names Rington1 for youTube use and Alex Hadley for my own everyday use. LOL. I do hope that this clears things up for you.

Alex

[nookie077]

Did you know you can buy a guitar tuner for about £5?

[rington1]

Yes I do, I also know thaat manners cost nothing. Thanks for the view.

Alex

[steps1]

Love it .thankyou .

[rington1]

Thank you for saying so.

Alex...

[daviddeveson]

Seriously Rington1, your version of this song is one of the best I've ever heard.... where can I get a copy? Sends tingles down my spine.

David

[rington1]

Thanks for the comment. I'll send you an E-mail

Alex...

[daviddeveson]

who the hell is singing this, can someone please decide!!!!

[rington1]

I'm singing this song, it's my posting of me singing this song. Rington1.

[daviddeveson]

Thanks Rington1... so now tell me how I can download it or buy a copy

David

[Docrob]

Thank you Mr. Bojangles. Thank you for hanging in there doing what you must at the time at the beginning at the level of conscience and laying the foundation for those who are benefitting now.....and all cultures to appreciate...tears and cheers....thank you to all those before me...thanks for the tribute rington1....it means alot as i think you are of a different culture than Mr B..it means that much more...believe

[rington1]

Thank you for your very kind comment. This is what YouTube is all about, sharing and making friend, of whatever colour. May you have peace, love and happiness in this New Year.

Alex

[autumncornsilk]

Wonderful tribute to Bill Robinson..ty for posting. Haunting rendition of this old song. I would really, really like to know who is performing it. No, "Bojangles" is not referring to Bill Robinson - he was not jailed for drinking, did NOT have a drinking problem. There are so many legends about just who "Boganges" was, it is becomming a descriptive term. Thanks again for the post:-)

[rington1]

Thanks for your kind comment. I'm singing this song, Rington1, please have a look at my other stuff tooo.

Alex...

[SeanLarkinStreet]

There is video footage of Jerry Jeff Walker singing this in 1971, it was on Youtube about two years ago, though it has been deleted now...There's no doub't though that the Dirt Band perform the divinitive version of this great song...

[rockinout94]

jim croce sang it before '73...he had to sing it before jeff

[rington1]

thanks for the comment.

Alex...

[fubeubf]

the man lived doing what he loved, even threw the hard times. a man like that can be respected.

[chippauly]

This is real nice, great voice, 5* from me my friend.

[rington1]

Thank for your very kind comment.

Alex..

[OnEMuMu]

For those of u that dont know ... this song was initially recorded in 1970 by J.J.Walker who insisted that the inspiration did not come from Bill "Bojangles" Robinson but fron a white guy he met in prison who danced to cheer up a fellow inmate who`s dog died.. that was probably because the blacks were persecuted those days and being a "black lover" was very dangerous...shame..allot of valuable performers, dancers/singers remember this song and dedicate it to Bill Robinson... dance Mr. Bo.. dance

[rington1]

Thanks for the info; it explains a lot, I could not understand how someone in the movies and a well-liked celebrity could have had a life as a travelling dancer and drunk. Thank you for putting me right, but I will leave the posting as is, other people seem to like it.

Alex...

[souljamentality]

OnEMuMu I almost believed you but mr bojangles is black it even states in this song he played at "minstrol shows" look it up

[ervinnieves73]

Where did the post called "Sammy Davis - Bojangles Unique" go? It was the best song and dance I've ever seen!

[rington1]

I don't know anything about it sorry...

Alex...

[Veijtint]

I have been serching 4 i too, please let me know if u find it !!!

[eeyou24]

Who's doing the singing? I was searching for some Sammy Davis Jr. videos and stumbled upon this great video and great song.

Kudos!

[rington1]

Take a look at some of my other stuff and you will see whos singing. Thank so much for your kind comment.

Alex...

[Squyresimon]

Don't know who's singing this, but the original was Jerry Jeff Walker around 1973, who-ever is singing this ain't black, but neither was JJW

[rington1]

I'm singing this song, Rington1,and no I'm not black, please have a look at my other stuff too.

Alex...

[gaiagale]

yes it was Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968 and his 'Mr. Bojangles' was white. Mr. Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson was a dancing legend too and black. If you search Jerry Jeff Walker on Wikipedia you'll see many more interesting facts about the original.

[dynobil]

EXCELLENT...nothing much else to say..

[rington1]

thank you for commenting. i do like yours, you have a voice for slowish songs. Thanks again.

[cyntiawarth]

I don't speak english...but I can speak:

I love your "music for what it is"

Thank you...and thank you...and please...don't stop.

[rington1]

Thank you for loving my music for what it is, cyntiawarth. Thank you for your comment please comment on my other songs and check out COOLANDDARK, LEWDITE, FKIDDER and LOSTHILLS. They are the people that give people like me the insperation to post songs on YouTube.

[cyntiawarth]

Isso é lindo!

Remete a melhor fase da minha vida.

[rington1]

obrigado. palavras amáveis

gracias. palabras buenas