One of the kids flunked on seguidilla. I knew it only because in the thirties some public spirited
adults underwrote issue of some classical albums at very low prices. One of the sets I bought
was Bizet's Carmen. I still remember Carmen singing she was going to drink manzanilla and dance
the seguidilla.
seguidilla
n.
5Sp < seguida, a following < seguir, to follow < VL sequere: see prec.6
1 a fast Spanish dance, to the accompaniment of castanets
2 the music for this dance, in 3/4 time
3 a stanza of four to seven short lines, partly assonant, with a distinctive rhythm, orig. sung to this music