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Spanish Rose (Chita Rivera, Townspeople)
Susan Watson,Chita Rivera,Dick Van Dyke,Dick Gautier,Paul Lynde,Michael J. Pollard,Kay Medford
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I'm just a Spanish tamale according to Mae
Right off the boat from the tropics far, far away
Which is kinda 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 Castanango
And all day long my castanets will click
I'll hide behind my fan and do the tango
I'll be so Spanish it will make you sick
I'll eat the tacos and the enchilada
I'll drink tequila 'til I feel no pain
The only song I'll sing will be "Granada"
I'll be more Español than Abbe Lane
Cuck, cuck, cuck
La cuca
Rrrrrrrucha
So 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'll pose
The beauty that nobody knows
So regal and cool
Exciting and cruel
That's me, Spanish rose
Mi name Rosita Hernández
You buy my tortilla?
You like me, yes, no, maybe, yuck!
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
You'll never forget Spanish rose
She'll taunt you, she'll tame you
But what man would blame you
For worshipping Spanish rose?
Not Danish
Not British
Not Swedish
Not Yiddish
But Spanish rose!