Body erect but fluid
Head held high arms moving
Like the irish clogger
Like the ballroom dancer
Who was my friend
That I also am
Sounds exquisite Sounds exquisite
Moves smooth and I smile Moves smooth and I smile
Bone jangler they called me
Dapper, ever the aristocrat
Dignified, but still the servant
I play my parts I play my parts
Perfectly and dance Perfectly and dance
With a little white girl
With beautiful white women
A man in his fifties I dance A man in his fifties I dance
Seen in top hat and tails
Seen the way they want to see me
Like the irish clogger
Like the ballroom dancer
Who was my friend
That I also am
Sounds exquisite Sounds exquisite
Moves smooth and I smile Moves smooth and I smile
Bone jangler they called me
Dapper, ever the aristocrat
Dignified, but still the servant
I play my parts I play my parts
Perfectly and dance Perfectly and dance
With a little white girl
With beautiful white women
A man in his fifties I dance A man in his fifties I dance
Seen in top hat and tails
Seen the way they want to see me
Note: In the 1936 film, "Swing Time," Fred Astaire paid tribute to Bill Robinson in the dance number "Bojangles from Harlem."
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