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"Oh, Donna Clara"
By Steve Bentley

I have heard "Oh, Donna Clara" many times in the last eight years,
as the band plays this tune at the Austrian Club in Vancouver, B.C.

I sent for the music offered on eBay.  The version I received shows
Al Jolson taking up 60% of the cover page and the title of the tune
is very small at the top; all the above belittles the title.

I notice the description featured on YouTube says "Tango Milonga" as
was, I believe, made by the original publisher:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7gs4Z_5XNo
Attachment thumbnail It really is not a milonga as such. A milonga is a faster tempo and rhythm with steps, and without pauses, as in a tango. Milonga also means "a place (location) where dancing is and to take place." I was in Buenos Aires in 2010 and attended milongas. I intend to go again this coming winter. I also intend to make an "O" roll version of this tune, when time permits. Steve Bentley - SB-"O" Rolls Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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