It is not this,
Nor this, nor this.
'Tis only this
Whom I want to marry."
Cadiz from the Sea
Ambó, ató is hardly more elaborate. When in the exchange of question and answer, the child would choose her page and touches one of the circle, the mercenary mites dance on faster than ever, until she offers whatever gift she has, a flower, apple, or any trifle at hand. Then the page runs in and kneels before her. The circle dances about the two, singing the refrain, until the first child slips out and joins them, leaving the second in the centre to begin the game over again.
"Ambó, ató, matarile, rile, rile?
Ambó, ató, matarile, rile, ron?