Matamoras (Red Boot 158 ) Ralph Silvius

OPENER

Sides face, grand square
In old Mexico I stand on the square in Matamoras
Around the plaza the couples are dancing to music so sweet
Circle left you know
I found love not too long ago in Matamoras
Left allemande and promenade
With eyes black as midnight she made my heart skip a beat
Well now the

FIGURE 1

Heads promenade 1/2 way round the ring
Lead right and circle to a line
Walk up to the middle and back
Star thru and now dosado (then do a spin chain thru)
Girls circulate twice, find someone nice
Swing that corner and we'll all promenade
With her raving black hair she made a slave out of me

FIGURE 2

Heads promenade 1/2 way round the ring
Lead right and circle to a line
Walk up to the middle and back
Star thru and now dosado (then do a spin chain thru)
Girls circulate twice, find someone nice
Swing that corner and we'll all promenade
How could I know just how fickle her promise would be

BREAK

Sides face, grand square
Across the square with that wild vaquero I see her
Laughing & dancing & tossing her raving black hair
Circle left you know
Fate may take a hand when I face this man in Matamoras
Left allemande and promenade
But the love of my woman
Is the one thing that I'll never share

FIGURE 3

Sides promenade 1/2 way round the ring
Lead right and circle to a line
Walk up to the middle and back
Star thru and now dosado (then do a spin chain thru)
Girls circulate twice, find someone nice
Swing that corner and we'll all promenade
There's gonna be big trouble
Cause I caught her cheating on me

FIGURE 4

Sides promenade 1/2 way round the ring
Lead right and circle to a line
Walk up to the middle and back
Star thru and now dosado (then do a spin chain thru)
Girls circulate twice, find someone nice
Swing that corner and we'll all promenade
No, I'm feeling low as the beggar
That sits in the street

CLOSER

Sides face, grand square
I can still feel the strains
Of the haunting refrains of Granada
She once called it our song and vowed
She'd be mine forever more
Circle left you know
Now I walk in the night
Far away from the lights of Matamoras
Left allemande and promenade
Now she wonders what happened
Cause I never returned anymore

TAG

Now she wonders what happened
Cause I never returned anymore
Swing that corner and we'll all promenade
Cause I caught her cheating on me