LA
TARARA
Sung by José Monje Cruz, known as Camarón
de la Isla, in his album "La leyenda del tiempo", You can
hear instruments that had never been included in a flamenco
singer album: bass, drums,percussion, Fender piano, moog
and other keyboards, electric guitar, flute and zither.
Camarón, who died in 1992, is part of the reawakening
of flamenco tradition. The poem was written by Federico
García Lorca (1898-1936) as part of his rediscovery
of the gypsy poetic practice in El romancero gitano.
¡Ay Tarara loca
mueve la cintura
para los muchachos
de las aceitunas!
Ay Tarara sí,
Ay Tarara no.
Ay Tarara niña
de mi corazón.
Lleva mi Tarara
un vestido verde
lleno de volantes
y de cascabeles.
Ay Tarara sí,
Ay Tarara no.
Ay Tarara niña
de mi corazón.
Mueve mi Tarara
su cola de seda
entre la retama
y la yerbabuena.
Ay Tarara sí,
Ay Tarara no.
Ay Tarara niña
que la he visto yo.