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Alceu Valença

Canção do EspantalhoScarecrow's Song

Alceu Valença · Raridades (Anos 70) Rarities (70s) (2017)

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Composer: Alceu Valença

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Quando o corpo vai pro lado

E vai pro outro coração

Cante que só passarinho

Jogue o corpo na canção

Ê boi

Que o coração vê caminho

E os pés se movem no chão

Ê boi


Sou cantador de Cajazeira

E vim cantar a minha gente

Gente que não foge do aço

Gente que não corre de macho

Nem de onça ou de mulher


Vem cantar a minha gente

Lá das banda de Cajazeira

Onde um coronel diz que é dono de tudo

Coronel Fragoso

Horroroso, viúvo, véio, barrigudo

Como dizia o bom Joaquim

Pelas ruas de Piancó

Fazendo chacota dele

Quando alguém dizia que em compensação

Ele tinha a casa mais bonita da cidade


Quero um cantinho nessa feira

Pra cantar a minha gente

Gente que não foge de fera

Gente que não corre de guerra

De arruaça e o que vier


E não foge tão pouco do Coronel Fragoso

De quem todo mundo corre

Ou quase se borra de medo

Quando ele vem subindo a jaqueira

Enfezado com a debandada de sua gente

Ou com a seca do Sertão


Quem quiser que venha ver os causos

Que eu conto com satisfação

Pra clarear as cabeça de bom pensar

Sobre os acontecidos em Cajazeira

Lá onde um coronel diz que é bom que só Deus

Porque dá metade pra quem planta e cuida do seu gado

Quem quiser que venha ver se tá tudo certo ou errado

Nos meus causo acontecido

Se gostar que faça uso e bom proveito

Se não gostar continue deixando tudo esquecido

Translation

When the body goes to the side

And goes to the other heart

Sing like only a little bird

Throw your body into the song

Hey ox

That the heart sees the way

And the feet move on the ground

Hey ox


I am a singer from Cajazeira

And I came to sing to my people

People who don't run from steel

People who don't run from macho men

Nor from jaguars or women


Come sing to my people

From the lands of Cajazeira

Where a colonel says he owns everything

Colonel Fragoso

Horrible, widower, old, pot-bellied

As good Joaquim used to say

Through the streets of Piancó

Making fun of him

When someone said that in compensation

He had the most beautiful house in the city


I want a corner in this fair

To sing to my people

People who don't run from beasts

People who don't run from war

From brawls and whatever comes


And doesn't run so little from Colonel Fragoso

From whom everyone runs

Or almost soils themselves with fear

When he comes climbing the jackfruit tree

Annoyed with the stampede of his people

Or with the drought of the Sertão


Whoever wants to come and see the stories

That I tell with satisfaction

To enlighten the heads of good thinkers

About the events in Cajazeira

There where a colonel says he is good like only God

Because he gives half to those who plant and take care of his cattle

Whoever wants to come and see if everything is right or wrong

In my stories that happened

If you like it, make use of it and enjoy it

If you don't like it, continue leaving everything forgotten

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