Biography:
Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York, on 16 March 1942; died 23 October 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known for writing the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles".
During the late 1950s, Crosby was a member of a local Oneonta teen band called The Tones. The band traveled to Philadelphia to audition for Dick Clark's "American Bandstand", but were turned down. Members of the band found Dick Clark's
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- Broken Toys
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- Dear John Letter
- Dear John Letter Lounge
- Desperados Waiting For A Train
- Dont It Make You Wanna Dance
- Dust On My Boots
- Fading Lady
- Feel Like Hank Williams Tonite
- Flowers In The Snow
- Gettin By
- Getting By
- Gonzo Compadres
- Got Lucky Last Night
- Gringo In Belize
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- I Feel Like Hank Williams
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- Its A Good Night For Singing
- Ive Got Boats To Build
- Jaded Lover
- La Freeway
- Leavin Texas
- Little Bird
- London Homesick Blues
- Love Changes Everything
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- Messin With Texas
- More Often Than Not
- Mr Bojangles
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- My Old Man
- Navajo Rug
- No Roots In Ramblin
- Northeast Texas Women
- Old Beat Up Guitar
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
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- Redneck Mother
- Rhythm Of The Rain
- Rockin Chair
- Rodeo Wind
- Sailing
- Sangria Wine
- Slim Chance And The Cant Hardly Playboys
- Some Go Home
- Song For The Life
- Stereo Chickens
- Stoney
- Takin It As It Comes
- That Old Beat Up Guitar
- The Dutchman
- The First Showboat
- The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder
- Viva Luchenbach
- What I Like About Texas
- Woman In Texas
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Say if you're South of Oklahoma, east of New Mexico
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West of Louisiana, where Papa Charles always go
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We gotta a little place called Texas
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Where the women grow on trees
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There right there for the pickin' good buddy
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Just as easy as a man could please
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Run take a hold
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You're gonna get young 'fore ya get old
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Those Texas ladies are Texas gold
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Kisses that are sweeter than cactus
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Take no practice to love yeah
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Now there east of Amarillo, a little south of old Dime Box
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You can find a Cinderell Or a genuine Goldilocks
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And if ya don't like no love attachments
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If your taste in women gets strange
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You could probably find some things to live on
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Down in old La Grange
Chorus:
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You better run tell the world
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You gotta have a Lone Star girl
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With her cast iron curls
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Her aluminum dimples
Cause she's so simple to love
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Now she's probably in Dallas, maybe down in old Cowtown
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I've heard em tell Texas women
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Beat the others lyin' down
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I just thought I might tell you
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In case you were unaware
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'Bout those northeast Texas women
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With their cotton candy hair
Chorus:
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You run dig a hole
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You gonna get young before you get old
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Now Texas women are Texas gold
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Ahh there sweeter than cactus
Easy to love, yeah, easy to love
Easy to love, mmmmm
Chorus:
G D/F# Em
You better run tell the world
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You gotta have a Lone Star girl
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With her cast iron curls
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Her aluminum dimples
Cause she's so simple to love
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Say if you're South of Oklahoma, east of New Mexico
D G A D
West of Louisiana, where Papa Charles always go
D G
We gotta a little place called Texas
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Where the women grow on trees
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There right there for the pickin' good buddy
A D
Just as easy as a man could please
Chorus:
G D/F# Em
Run take a hold
G D/F# Em
You're gonna get young 'fore ya get old
G D/F# Em
Those Texas ladies are Texas gold
A
Kisses that are sweeter than cactus
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Take no practice to love yeah
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Now there east of Amarillo, a little south of old Dime Box
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You can find a Cinderell Or a genuine Goldilocks
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And if ya don't like no love attachments
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If your taste in women gets strange
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You could probably find some things to live on
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Down in old La Grange
Chorus:
G D/F# Em
You better run tell the world
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You gotta have a Lone Star girl
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With her cast iron curls
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Her aluminum dimples
Cause she's so simple to love
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Now she's probably in Dallas, maybe down in old Cowtown
D G
I've heard em tell Texas women
A D
Beat the others lyin' down
D G
I just thought I might tell you
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In case you were unaware
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'Bout those northeast Texas women
A D
With their cotton candy hair
Chorus:
G D/F# Em
You run dig a hole
G D/F# Em
You gonna get young before you get old
A
Now Texas women are Texas gold
D
Ahh there sweeter than cactus
Easy to love, yeah, easy to love
Easy to love, mmmmm
Chorus:
G D/F# Em
You better run tell the world
G D/F# Em
You gotta have a Lone Star girl
A
With her cast iron curls
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Her aluminum dimples
Cause she's so simple to love
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