My favorite song on Bye Bye Birdie.
It's been stuck in my head all week. XD
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Spanish Rose, sung by character Rose Alvarez.
I'm just a Spanish tamale according to Mae
Right off the boat from the tropics far far away
Which is kind of funny
Since where I come from is Allentown, Pa
Spanish?
Okay Mae, I'll be Spanish.
Right after I've married Alberto!
I'll be the toast of Chi-Chi Costanango
And all day long my castanets will click
I'll hide behind my fan and do the tango
I'll be so Spanish it'll make you sick!
I'll eat the tacos and the enchilada
I'll drink Tequila till I feel no pain!
The only song I'll sing will be "Granada"
I'll be more español than Abbe Lane
Coo coo coo!
La cuca!
Racha!
Call me the wild Spanish Rose
The craziest flower that grows
I'll kick up my heels and see
How it feels to be sultry Spanish Rose
Olé!
Behind my mantilla I will pose
The beauty that nobody knows!
So regal and cool, exciting and cruel
That's me! Spanish Rose.
My name Rosita Hernandez!
You'll buy my tortilla?
You like me, yes? No? Maybe? Eeyuckh!
"Americano" let me give you a bit of advice
To cross Spanish Rose isn't wise
Your match you have found
So don't mess around
Her heart she is cold like ice!
With Albert I will dance to the bolero
We'll cha cha in the nicest honky tonks
He'll wear the cutest mustache and sombrero
My handsome Latin lover from the Bronx!
So now that you've met Spanish Rose
Never forget Spanish Rose
She'll taunt you, she'll tame you
But what man can blame you
For worshiping Spanish Rose.
Not Danish
Not British
Not Swedish
Not Yiddish
But Spanish...
Rosa!
