Elvira is one of the few songs in Haiti that I can recall using that typical carabine rhythm and melody found in many Dominican songs using the carabine. Supposedly derived from a Haitian form of contredanse from the early 1800s, it returned to Haiti in Etoile du Soir's "Elvira." It also surfaces in Congolese guitar merengue (Dr. Nico).
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