Dance, Even If You Can't Comments

I once saw a man one early misty winter morning. He was crossing at the intersection as I was preparing to make a uturn.Upon seeing him, not in worn-out shoes, but completely shoeless, I felt duty-bound to offer him the shoes on my feet. I did just that. This memory
came to me as I thought about a song I heard years ago about a Mr. Bojangle who ran a string of bad times and was wearing 'worn-out shoes'.

I was deeply moved when I first heard the song nearly 20 years ago, and it has stayed with me since. When I heard it on the radio being performed by Smmie Davis Jr., I fell in love with Mr. Bojangles whose life demonstrated someone down on his luck but still tugging
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