Alegrías de Córdoba

La única que me quiere
es mi Carmela 
Unas veces me da dolor
y otras me ahoga la pena

The only one who loves me
is my Carmela
Sometimes she causes me sorrow
and other times she drowns my pain

This is the first letra El Séneca sings about two minutes into the video below:

Here you can listen to José Moreno ‘Onofre,’ whose grandfather, according to the video description, created the musical structure of Alegrías de Córdoba.

By the way, you can hear this letra about six minutes into the video above.

Watch Mercedes Ruíz dance it here with abanico during the Flamenco Tour to Jerez.

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