Bye Bye Birdie movie - Spanish Rose lyrics

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Rosie:<br>

I'm just a Spanish tamale according to Mae<br>

Right off the boat from the tropics far far away<br>

Which is kind of funny<br>

Since where I come from is Allentown, Pa<br>

Spanish!<br>

Ok, may I'll be Spanish<br>

Right after I've married Alberto<br>

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I'll be the toast of chi-chi Costanango,<br>

And all day long my castanets will click!<br>

I'll hide behind my fan and do the tango!<br>

I'll be so Spanish it'll make you sick!<br>

I'll eat the tacos and the enchilada!<br>

I'll drink Tequila till I feel no pain!<br>

The only song I'll sing will be "Granada"!<br>

I'll be more "español" than Abbe Lane!<br>

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Coo coo coo<br>

La cuc.........racha<br>

Ssssso<br>

Call me the wild Spanish rose!<br>

The craziest flower that grows<br>

I'll kick up my heels and see<br>

How it feels to be sultry Spanish rose<br>

Olé!<br>

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Behind my mantilla I will pose<br>

The beauty that nobody knows!<br>

So regal and cool, exciting and cruel,<br>

That's me! Spanish rose<br>

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(My name Rosita Hernandez!)<br>

(You'll buy my "tortilla"!)<br>

(You like me, yes? No? Maybe? "Eeyuckh!")<br>

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"Americano" let me give you a bit of advice<br>

To cross Spanish do not twice<br>

Your match you have found<br>

So don't mess around<br>

Her heart is cold as ice!<br>

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With Albert I will dance to the bolero<br>

We'll cha cha in the nicest honky tonks<br>

Hell wear a little mustache and sombrero<br>

My handsome Latin lover from the Bronx<br>

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So now that you've met Spanish rose<br>

Never forget Spanish rose<br>

Shell taunt you,<br>

Shell tame you but what man can blame you<br>

For worshiping Spanish rose.<br>

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Not Danish<br>

Not British<br>

Not Swedish<br>

Not Yiddish<br>

But span............................ish<br>

Rosa!<br>

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