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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- Mr. Bojangles
- Pissing In The Wind
- Backsliders Wine
- Broken Toys
- Charlie Dunn
- Couldnt Do Nothin Right
- Cowboy Boots And Bathing Suits
- 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
- Hairy Ass Hillbillies
- Hairy Ass Hillbilly
- Heart Of A Saturday Night
- Hill Country Rain
- I Feel Like Hank Williams
- I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight
- 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
- Mannys Hat Song
- Messin With Texas
- More Often Than Not
- Mr Bojangles
- Mr Bojangles On One Page
- My Old Man
- Navajo Rug
- No Roots In Ramblin
- Northeast Texas Women
- Old Beat Up Guitar
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- One Too Many Mornings
- Pickup Truck Song
- Please Let Me Be
- Pot Cant Call The Kettle Black
- Public Domain
- Railroad Lady
- 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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Jerry Jeff Walker, with Gary P. Nunn - What I Like About Texas
Live in Luckenbach, Texas
Album: Viva Luckenbach
Verse 1:
G
You ask me what I like about Texas
C
I tell you it's the wide open spaces!
G D
It's everything between the Sabine and the Rio Grande.
G
It's the Llano Estacado,
C
It's the Brazos and the Colorado;
G D
Spirit of the people down here who share this land!
[Chorus]
C G C G
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand
C Bm
It's a quarter for the jukebox boys
Am D G
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas Band
Verse 2:
G
You ask me what I like about Texas
C
It's the big timber round Nacadoches
G D
It's driving El Camino Real into San Antone
G
It's the Riverwalk in Mi Tierra
C
Dancing to the Cotton-eyed Joe
G D
It's stories of the Menger Hotel and the Alamo!
Chorus:
C G C G
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand
C Bm
It's a quarter for the jukebox boys
Am D G
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas Band
Verse 3:
G
Hey, you ask me what I like about Texas
C
It's Blue Bonnets and indian paint brushes
G D
Swimming in the sacred waters of Barton Springs
G
It's body surfing the Frio
C
It's Saturday night in Del Rio!
G D
Driving across the border for some cultural exchange!
Chorus:
C G C G
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand
C Bm
It's a quarter for the jukebox boys
Am D G
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas Band
Live in Luckenbach, Texas
Album: Viva Luckenbach
Verse 1:
G
You ask me what I like about Texas
C
I tell you it's the wide open spaces!
G D
It's everything between the Sabine and the Rio Grande.
G
It's the Llano Estacado,
C
It's the Brazos and the Colorado;
G D
Spirit of the people down here who share this land!
[Chorus]
C G C G
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand
C Bm
It's a quarter for the jukebox boys
Am D G
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas Band
Verse 2:
G
You ask me what I like about Texas
C
It's the big timber round Nacadoches
G D
It's driving El Camino Real into San Antone
G
It's the Riverwalk in Mi Tierra
C
Dancing to the Cotton-eyed Joe
G D
It's stories of the Menger Hotel and the Alamo!
Chorus:
C G C G
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand
C Bm
It's a quarter for the jukebox boys
Am D G
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas Band
Verse 3:
G
Hey, you ask me what I like about Texas
C
It's Blue Bonnets and indian paint brushes
G D
Swimming in the sacred waters of Barton Springs
G
It's body surfing the Frio
C
It's Saturday night in Del Rio!
G D
Driving across the border for some cultural exchange!
Chorus:
C G C G
It's another burrito, it's a cold Lone Star in my hand
C Bm
It's a quarter for the jukebox boys
Am D G
Play some songs by your favorite Austin Texas Band
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