Spanish Rose

Bye Bye Birdie

Rosie:
Im just a Spanish tamale according to Mae
Right off the boat from the tropics far far away
Which is kind of funny
Since where I come from is Allentown, Pa
Spanish!Ok, may Ill be Spanish
Right after Ive married Alberto
Ill be the toast of chi-chi Costanango,
And all day long my castanets will click!
Ill hide behind my fan and do the tango!
Ill be so Spanish itll make you sick!
Ill eat the tacos and the enchilada!
Ill drink Tequila till I feel no pain!
The only song Ill sing will be 'Granada'!
Ill be more 'espanol' than Abbe Lane!
Coo coo coo
La cuc.........racha
Ssssso
Call me the wild Spanish rose!
The craziest flower that grows
Ill kick up my heels and see
How it feels to be sultry Spanish rose
Behind my mantilla I will pose
The beauty that nobody knows!
So regal and cool, exciting and cruel,
Thats me! Spanish rose
(My name Rosita Hernandez!)
(Youll buy my 'tortilla'!)
(You like me, yes? No? Maybe? 'Eeyuckh!')
'Americano' let me give you a bit of advice
To cross Spanish do not twice
Your match you have found
So dont mess around
Her heart is cold as ice!
With Albert I will dance to the bolero
Well cha cha in the nicest honky tonks
Hell wear a little mustache and sombrero
My handsome Latin lover from the Bronx
So now that youve met Spanish rose
Never forget Spanish rose
Shell taunt you,
Shell tame you but what man can blame you
For worshiping Spanish rose.
Not Danish
Not British
Not Swedish
Not Yiddish
But span................ ............ish Rosa!