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

FIGURE1

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 

FIGURE2

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 

FIGURE3

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 

FIGURE4

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