Composer: Adelmo de Oliveira
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Sou eu um nordestino
Vim aqui me apresentar
Sou filho da Paraíba
Nasci naquele lugar
Por ruas tão de taquara
Terra onde nasci
Me criei em pitimbu
Minha escada eu desci
O nordestino nasceram
Todos naquele lugar
Na terra de gente boa
Por isso aprendi a cantar
Desde que sai do norte
Tudo pra mim é assim
Não sei se é minha sorte
Meu deus o que será de mim
Me leva pra la de volta
Senhora da penha
Senhor do Bonfim
Translation
I am a Northeasterner
I came here to introduce myself
I am a son of Paraíba
I was born in that place
Through streets of bamboo
Land where I was born
I grew up in Pitimbu
I came down my steps
The Northeastern people were born
All in that place
In the land of good people
That's why I learned to sing
Since I left the North
Everything for me is like this
I don't know if it's my fate
My God, what will become of me?
Take me back there
Our Lady of Penha
Lord of Bonfim
