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Mr Bojangles by Neil Diamond
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was born in Richmond, Virginia.
Bill Robinson began to tap dance for nickels and dimes on the streets of Richmond.
Bill Robinson quit school when he was seven to became a famous tap dancer and actor.
Bill Robinson joined the army and was a rifleman in World War I.
"Bojangles" danced with traveling shows and on Vaudeville.
"Bojangles" invented many dance steps, including his famous "Stair Dance", which he first did for the King of England.
"Bojangles" appeared in movies with young Shirley Temple, Will Rogers and other famous film stars.
"Bojangles" starred in more than a dozen movies. He danced on the streets of New York City.
Bill Robinson was a very generous man who gave away most of the money he made dancing.
"Bojangles" could dance as well as ever when he was past sixty years of age.
When Bill Robinson died in New York City, the schools were closed for a day.
There is a popular statue of "Bojangles" in the City of Richmond, VA.
I soon found out you can't change the world.
The best you can do is to learn to live with it.
~Henry Miller
The
most pleasant and useful persons are those
who leave some of the
problems of the universe for God to worry about.
~Don Marquis
The time to relax is when
you don't have time for it.
~Attributed to both
Jim Goodwin and Sydney J. Harris
Some
of the secret joys of living are not found by
rushing from point A to point B, but by
inventing some imaginary letters along the way.
~Douglas Pagels
CHICKEN WRAPPED
WITH DRIED BEEF
6 boneless chicken breasts
1 pkg. dried beef I use Armor's in the jar
1 lg. carton sour cream
1 can cream of mushroom soup
Wrap
a piece of dried beef around chicken breasts.
Place in casserole dish.
Mix the sour cream
and can of cream of mushroom soup. Pour over chicken.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 1/2 hours.
Have a good day and remember to always be safe and
be aware of everything and everyone around you.
Join me tomorrow as I welcome in the weekend.
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