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If You Ever Go To Cádiz | The Weekly Letra

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If You Ever Go To Cádiz | The Weekly Letra

We are studying tangos (with abanico) with Mercedes Ruíz during the Flamenco Tour to Jerez. Naturally, we are LOVING it. The first part of our dance is to this:

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Si alguna vez vas a Cádiz
ve por el barrio Santa María
verás los gitanitos
como te cantan con alegría

Tú eres la tonta inocente
tú eres la loquita perdida
cuando tú riñes con tu gente
¿por qué no te vienes a la verita mía?

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I Want to be Free | The Weekly Letra

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I Want to be Free | The Weekly Letra

I originally published this here within the letra, Moraito Como un Lirio by Antonio Sánchez Pecino.

Today I wanted to highlight this estribillo: 

Libre quiero ser 
Como el pájaro que canta,
Primita, al amanecer

I want to be free  
like the bird that sings,
at dawn

You can see it in the video that follows...

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Flamenco Verses by Palo | The Weekly Letra

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Flamenco Verses by Palo | The Weekly Letra

Sometimes you want to know a song to go along with the dance form you're studying in class. Other times you want to know the words to that particular flamenco song you like so much. And sometimes you long to know what those words mean.

I'd like to help you with that

Here you'll find a collection of letras (flamenco verses) organized by palo (flamenco form.)

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A Lie | Viernes con una Letra

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A Lie | Viernes con una Letra

When Sol was here we studied cante por tientos. It was scary singing out loud in front of a bunch of people, even though we all knew each other... But it was great fun too.

Below is one of the letras we sang:

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Cuando me meto en mi cama
hablo con mi Dios y le digo
que me parece mentira
lo que tu has hecho conmigo

When I go to bed
I speak with God and I tell him

that it seems a lie
what you've done to me

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