El Matador

Jane Bowers / Irving Burgess

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 Nick Reynolds (vocal, guitar), Bob Shane (vocal, guitar), Dave Guard (vocal, guitar), Buck Wheat (bass):
Album: SOLD OUT (Original Capitol LP record release) T/ST 1352 - 1960 Album: THE BEST OF THE KINGSTON TRIO - VOL. III (Capitol Records LP record reissue of tracks previously available on original Capitol releases) - T/ST-2614 -- (c)(p) N/A -- TRACK TIME: (2:24) Album: SOLD OUT / STRING ALONG (Capitol CD re-issue of previously available tracks from SOLD OUT and STRING ALONG) CDP 796735 2 - 1992 -- TRACK TIME: (2:27) Album: MADE IN THE USA (Pair-SM/Capitol CD reissue of tracks previously available on original Capitol releases) - PCD-2-1221/ CDL-57057 -- (c)(p) 1989 Album: KINGSTON TRIO GREATEST HITS (CURB Records CD re-issue of previously available tracks from assorted Capitol LP albums (1958-1963)) D2-77385 - 1990 -- TRACK TIME: (2:26) Album: THE CAPITOL COLLECTORS SERIES (Capitol CD compilation of previously available tracks from Dave Guard and John Stewart Era Trios) CDP 7 02710 2 - 1990 Album: THE KINGSTON TRIO: THEIR GREATEST AND FINEST PERFORMANCES (Readers Digest CD re-issue of previously available tracks from assorted Capitol LP albums (1958-1964)) 093C - 1994 -- TRACK TIME: (2:27)  
  Album: THE CAPITOL YEARS (Capitol four disk CD compilation of previously available tracks from the Dave Guard and John Stewart era Trios) CDP 7 96748 2 - 1995 lbum: GREATEST HITS (CEMA Special Markets CD compilation of previously available tracks from the John Stewart Era Trio) CEMA S21-18249 - 1995 -- TRACK TIME: (N/A) ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS -- TRACK TIME: (N/A Album: THE ORIGINAL KINGSTON TRIO (EMI INT. Records LTD CD compilation of previously available tracks from Dave Guard and John Stewart Era Trios) EMI INT. Records LTD #N/A - Date N/A Album: THE VERY BEST OF THE KINGSTON TRIO (CEMA Special Markets CD compilation of previously available tracks from Dave Guard and John Stewart Era Trios) CEMA-S21-57942 - 1992 Album: THE GUARD YEARS (Bear Family Records CD re-issue of previously recorded material) BCD 16160 JK - 1997 -- TRACK TIME: (2:28) TIME-TIFE produced two two-CD compilations of 'first' and 'second' generation Trio works. Album: THE KINGSTON TRIO: THE STORY (Capitol Records CD reissue of tracks previously available on original Capitol releases) - EMI Plus 724357670826 -- (c)(p) 2000
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The Kingston Trio: Their Greatest Hits and Finest Performances El Matador (Bowers-Burgess) A Mexican bullfighting song, "El Matador" gave the group a moderate hit (No. 32) in the winter of 1960. The pivotal track of the group's fifth gold LP, Sold Out, "El Matador" tells of a matador performing in the ring while he knows his fiery woman is watching him from the stands. The song was written by Jane Bowers and Irving "Lord" Burgess, who also wrote "The Wanderer" (see page 15) and "Islands in the Sun."

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El Matador
Aye, Torero, she is here. Aye, matador.
I feel her eyes. They are wide with excitement and fear.
I feel her heart for it cries when the horns are too near.
I will bold, brave, and swift will I be
and I will be numero uno, torero fino.
She'll dream tonight of me.

Chorus:
Ole, ole, ole! (Usted!) Viva el matador!
Ole, ole, ole! (Venga!) Viva el matador!

Aye, Torero, she is here. Aye, matador.
I see her smile and I see there the reason she came.
Toro, come closer. Come here and I'll whisper her name.
You may be brave and as bold as you're black,
but I will be numero uno, torero fino,
toro come back.

Chorus

Toro, aqui. Closer, closer, closer.

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