Below watch the infamous Lola Flores perform ¡Ay pena, penita, pena, pena! at two different times in her life.

But first, here’s an excerpt from the song:

From ¡Ay pena, penita, pena!
Quintero, Leon y Quiroga

Ay pena, penita, pena, pena
Pena de mi corazón
Que me corre por las venas, pena
Con la fuerza de un ciclón

Oh sorrow, sorrow, sorrow
Sorrow in my heart
It runs through my veins
With the force of a cyclone

Here she is in the film by the same name:

And here she performs it live many years later:

I took the following pictures during the Flamenco Tour to Jerez. This is the statue of Lola Flores by Víctor Ochoa⁣ in the Plaza Cruz Vieja in Jerez:

What do you think about Lola? Wouldn’t you have loved to have seen her perform live?

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