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Thread #95929 Message #1870615
Posted By: Joe Offer
28-Oct-06 - 04:25 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: La Molinera sung by Cynthia Gooding
Subject: ADD: Eres Alta y Delgada
Hi, Don - This site (click) has "Eres Alta y Delgada" with one verse more than what Gooding sings:
ERES ALTA Y DELGADA
Eres alta y delgada como tu madre, morena, salada, como tu madre; bendita sea la rama que al tronco sale, morena, salada, que al tronco sale.
Eres como la rosa de Alejandría, morena, salada, de Alejandría: colorada de noche, blanca de día, morena, salada, blanca de día.
Toda la noche estoy, niña, pensando en ti; yo de amores me muero desde que te vi, morena, salada, desde que te vi.
Notes from the Gooding album:
"Eres Alta y Delgada" and "La Molinera" were taught to me by a Spanish lady resident in New York. She explained that one always follows a sad song with a gay one and said that she alway heard these two sung together.
Great CD, isn't it? I hear the phrase "los colores de la molinera," but that's all I can make out from the second song. -Joe Offer-