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Almería (Spanish pronunciation: [almeˈɾi.a]) is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.
Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea". Nowadays, the most accepted interpretation is that it derives from the Arabic term مرأى Al-Mara'ā, which means "The Watchtower".
The city was founded by Calipha Abd-ar-Rahman III of Cordova in 955 AD. It was to be a principal harbour in his extensive domain to strengthen his Mediterranean defences.
Its Moorish castle, the Alcazaba of Almería, is the second largest among the Muslim fortresses of Andalusia, after the Alhambra.
In this period, the port city of Almería reached its historical peak. After the fragmentation of the Caliphate of Córdoba, Almería continued to be ruled by powerful local Muslim Taifa emirs like Jairan, the first independent Emir of Almería and Cartagena, and Almotacin, the poet emir. Both Jairan and Almotacin were fearless warriors, but also sophisticated patrons of the arts. A silk industry, based upon plantings of mulberry trees in the hot, dry landscape of the province, supported Almería in the 11th century and made its strategic harbour an even more valuable asset.
She watches me where'er I go
Her forecasts never fail
There's nothing that she does not know
I'm sure she reads my mail
And when I feel I've lost my way
She brings me back to bear
Where all is good and none may say
There's aught as good as her
Woah Almeria!
You know you've got me wrong
Oh Almeria
Oh Almeria
You lead me on
Well I've been out on the highway
And I've walked a lonely trail
The voyage is the same
Beneath her very many veils
So lady if I leave you
On a hot and dusky morn
Do not rise about me
Let me disappear by dawn
Woah Almeria!
You know you've got me wrong
Oh Almeria
Oh Almeria
You lead me on
You know since you moved me
I've been waiting on your word
Well I've been chasing fortune
Since I kissed its ruddy cheek
Now people say I'm lucky
When I'm on a losing streak
It gets so bad sometimes
I go to church and I confess
Like the first thief on the cross
You pick the strangest ones to bless
Woah Almeria!
You know you've got me wrong
Oh Almeria
Oh Almeria
You lead me on