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Pointed cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. acuta ), also known as cone , sweetheart , hispi or sugarloaf cabbage is a form of cabbage ( Brassica oleracea ) with a tapering shape and large delicate leaves varying in colour from yellowish to blue-green.
Bunches (also called pigtails, bunchies, twintails or angel wings) are a hairstyle in which the hair is parted down the middle and gathered into two symmetrical bundles, like ponytails, secured near the scalp. Sometimes this hairstyle is referred to as "pigtails", but in other cases the term "pigtails" applies only if the hair is braided. [1]
" Nuestro Himno" (Spanish for "Our Anthem") is a Spanish-language version of the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". The debut of the translation came amid a growing controversy over immigration in the United States (see 2006 U.S. immigration reform protests).
The Spanish tinge is an Afro-Latin rhythmic touch that spices up the more conventional 4 4 rhythms commonly used in jazz and pop music. The phrase is a quotation from Jelly Roll Morton. In his Library of Congress recordings, after referencing the influence of his own French Creole culture in his music, he noted the Spanish (read Cuban) presence:
Latin American music was extremely popular with dancers, encompassing not only the samba, pasodoble, rhumba, and mambo but also the conga, adapted for the ballroom. The song Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy), written in 1920 by Spanish American composer José María Lacalle García (later known as Joseph Lacalle), featured original lyrics in Spanish.
El degüello (Spanish: El toque a degüello) is a bugle call, notable in the United States for its use as a march by Mexican Army buglers during the 1836 Siege and Battle of the Alamo [1] to signal that the defenders of the garrison would receive no quarter by the attacking Mexican Army under General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
Boil them cabbage down, down. Turn them hoecakes 'round, 'round. The only song that I can sing is Boil them cabbage down. Possum in a 'simmon tree, Raccoon on the ground. Raccoon says, you son-of-a-gun, Shake some 'simmons down. (Chorus) Someone stole my old coon dog. Wish they'd bring him back. He chased the big hogs through the fence,
Bill Hensley, Mountain Fiddler, Asheville, North Carolina. Old time (also spelled old-time or oldtime) fiddle is the style of American fiddling found in old-time music.Old time fiddle tunes are derived from European folk dance forms such as the jig, reel, breakdown, schottische, waltz, two-step, and polka.