Everybody likes it when you do your fandango
When you do your fandango, when you do your fandango
Everybody loves it when you do your fandango
When you do your fandango, when you do your fandango
Your Fandango, Fandango
Everyone loves it when you begin, your Fandango, Fandango
Everyone loves it when you begin, your Fandango, Fandango
All the ladies swoon whenever
You Sarabande
Every Friday 'til Monday
They would gladly Pasodoble
In a bright pink tuxedo
Or a little tiny Speedo
You make everyone's libido
Stop and say "Oh yes, indeedo"
Everyone, everyone, by that I mean everyone
Likes it when you begin, your Fandango, Fandango
Everyone, everyone, by that I mean everyone
Loves it when you begin, your Fandango, Fandango
Whether Tango or Bolero
Or Corrida or Flamenco
We don't mind a little Zambra
Or a quick Zapateado
They may envy your Farucca
But not so much your Cachucha
And I must say your Bambera
Is no match for my Muineira
Not your mother's Martinetes
Or your father's Matachinas
Nor your sister's Alborea
Or your cousin's old Solea
We may not Alegrias
On your style of Bulerias
But we all pay to see ya
That's your famous Seguidilla
Commentary Fandango: a lively Spanish or Spanish American dance in triple time, performed by a man and woman playing castanets.
Alborea: a Flamenco palo which is sung only in Gypsy marriage rites
Alegrias: : a Mexican candy made from seeds of amaranth and honey or sugar
Bambera: one of many traditional song forms associated with Flamenco
Bolero: a slow, beautiful, expressive dance that combines the dance patterns of Rumba with the rise and fall action of the Waltz
Bulerias: a fast flamenco rhythm made up of a 12 beat cycle
Cachucha: a Spanish solo dance in 3/4 or 3/8 time, similar to the Bolero
Corrida: a popular narrative metrical tale and poetry that forms a ballad
Farucca: a form of Flamenco music developed in the late 19th century, traditionally sung and danced by men
Flamenco: a highly-expressive, Spanish dance form characterized by hand clapping, percussive footwork, and intricate hand, arm, and body movements
Martinetes: a Flamenco palo, sometimes sung accompanied by percussion played with a hammer and anvil to evocate its origins attributed to Gypsy smiths
Matachinas: Spanish sword dancers
Muineira: a traditional dance and musical genre of Galicia (Spain) distinguished mainly by its expressive and lively tempo, played usually in 6 8 time signature
Pasodoble: a fast-paced Spanish military march used by infantry
Sarabande: a dance move which involves a female dancer "beating" her buttocks into a man's face, potentially leading to concussion
Seguidilla: an old Castilian folksong and dance form in quick triple time
Solea: one of the most basic forms or palos of Flamenco music, usually accompanied by one guitar only
Tango: a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay
Zambra: a style of flamenco dance, danced barefoot with finger cymbals, a blouse tied under the bust, and tight skirt around the hips that flares out with a ruffle at the end
Zapateado: a group of dance styles of Mexico, characterized by a lively rhythm punctuated by the striking of the dancer's shoes, akin to tap dance
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