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She spun, skirt flaring out and dark braid flailing in the wind. The kids watched her in awe as the guitar started to strum. She, a young woman named Marisol, smiled at the small children and started to sing.

“Ay, de mí Llarona. Llarona de azul celeste,” she started the old ballad, enthralling the young ones, “Ay, de mí Llarona. Llarona de azul celeste.

“Y aunque la vida me cueste, Llorona. No dejaré de quererte. No dejaré de quererte,” her voice was clear as the music picked up and started to get faster. The bright color of Marisol’s skirts flashed as she swished them in tune to her moving feet. The kids started to clap.
As if to tell a tale to the audience of small ones, Marisol slowed her dance for the verse, “Me subí al pino más alto, Llorona. A ver si te divisaba,” she reached up to the tall trees that was referenced in the song, then pulled her arm down dramatically, “Como el pino era tierno, Llorona. Al verme llorar, lloraba.”

A man joined her, abandoning his guitar and took up Marisol’s hand. He was Marisol’s intended, Raul. They joined together in the next verse, “La pena y la que no es pena, Llorona. Todo es pena para mí. La pena y la que no es pena, Llorona. Todo es pena para mí.”

Raul broke from the dancing to get the kids up to dance, laughing. Marisol joined in the raucous noise, but cleared up her voice to keep singing, “Ayer lloraba por verte, Llorona. hoy lloro porque te vi. Ayer lloraba por verte, Llorona. Hoy lloro porque te vi.”

The kids joined in, all voices slightly off key, “Ay de mí, Llorona, Llorona. Llorona de azul celeste. Ay de mí, Llorona, Llorona. Llorona de azul celeste.”

Now Raul and Marisol’s voices were the only ones singing, “Y aunque la vida me cueste, Llorona. No dejaré de quererte. Y aunque la vida me cueste, Llorona. No dejaré de quererte. No dejaré de quererte. No dejaré de quererte.”

Small yells and whoops came from the kids as the couple kissed. The musicians whistled with their fingers, piercing the night.

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bonus points if you can tell me what movie this is from