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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Alegrías de Córdoba with Mercedes Ruíz
Cover photo by Saad Chaudhry on Unsplash