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The following stanzas are sometimes substituted both for 

 allegro and andante : 



"Cuando, cuando, 

 Ciiando yo me muere 

 No me lloren los parientes 

 Lloren me las Alembfques 

 Donde sacan aguardientes." 



Allegro. 

 ** A la plata me remito, 

 Lo demas es bobena, 

 Andar con la boca seca 

 E la barriga vacfa !" 



There is another dance, called '^laperdiz," which some- 

 times follows the cuando/' and occasionally takes its place. 

 It is performed with the accompaniment of beating time with 

 the palms, and singing the following verses to rather a lively 

 air; 



" Hay ! de la perdiz, madre. 

 Hay ! de la perdiz, 



Que se la lleva, el gato, , 



Y el gato — mis, mis — 



Ven aca, ven aca, mis, mis." 



The step is similar to that exhibited in the cuando." When 

 the above lines are concluded, the dancers stand opposite to 

 each other, and the lady repeats a stanza from memory, such 

 as follows : 



" Tengo una escalerita, 

 Llena de flores. 

 Para subir al cielo, 

 De mis amores."* 



The chorus is then repeated with the dance and waving of the 

 handkerchief. When it ceases, the gentleman is bound to re- 



* Thus rendered, literatim — 



" I have a little ladder 

 Full of flowers, 

 To mount to the heaven 

 Of my loves I" 



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