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I Curse Your Green Eyes | Viernes con una Letra

Today a whole song and a video of La Paquera singing it.

Maldigo Tus Ojos Verdes
Antonio Gallardo, Nicolás Sánchez Ortega

En la soledad de mis noches sin luna 
busco los luceros de tus ojos verdes 
y como una loca repito tu nombre
porque tengo miedo de tanto quererte

Tengo que buscar la vida 
con la cruz de tu traición 
soy esa rama caída 
que a nadie da compasión.

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Viernes con una Letra | más tientos

Last week I told you we would have more tientos today, so here's a letra and a video of Camarón ...

Tientos
Camarón de la Isla

Cuantas veces yo he pensado 
que el mundo es una mentira
cuantos quisieran tener
pá comer lo que otros tiran

How often I have thought 
that the world is a lie 
How many would like to eat
what others throw out.

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Viernes con una Letra | Tientos de El Mellizo

Today a letra por tientos and an old video of Miguel Poveda.

If you know me, you know that I absolutely love tientos.  Someday I will tell you the story of Ricardo's refusal, after much begging, to teach me tientos, but not today. I have loved this palo from the first time I heard it.  And this tientos has perhaps my favorite estribillo of all time.  It is beyond beautiful.  Just read it then listen, and you'll know what I mean.  Oh, and Lamiae sang it for me on Sunday...That was wonderful.

Moraíto como un lirio
Antonio Sánchez Pecino

Mi cuerpecito lo tengo
moraíto como un lirio,
si Dios me diera la muerte
acababan mis martiritos

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No Te He Dao Motivos | Viernes con una letra

Today un tientos entero. I pretty much begged Diana to learn this tientos from La Niña de los Peines (or the first part at least) so that I could dance to it. I told her about how it brought me to tears every time I listened to it. 

Yikes. 

That's what she thought.  

I remember singing it with her on the phone in the kitchen. And she got it. And I danced to it. And it felt wonderful.

No te he dao motivo

Porque yo no te he dao motivo
que yo no te he hecho daño
tú te fuiste de mi vera 
de mi verita te fuiste 
te apartaste tú de mi vera 
sin yo haberte dao motivo

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