Composer: Alceu Valença, Geraldo Azevedo
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
E as morena na jinela
Divirtindo os carnavá
Eita, sofrê
Ê, tanto pená
Morena na jinela
Divirtindo os carnavá
Rio Preto vai passado
Pra que tanto carnaval
Pra que ter que se ir em frente
Depois do ponto final?
Rio Preto se arrastando
Pra que tanto carnaval
Pra que ter que se ir em frente
Depois do ponto final?
Estandarte desbotado
Alegria disfarçada
Dez mil réis daquela rifa
Rio Preto nas calçadas
Olha o passo de Nezinha
Pulando numa perna só, só, só
E o Cordão do Rio Preto
Na garganta dá um nó
E Sá Maria das Dores
Rio preto, ai que dó
Ai, que lindo Rio Preto
Ai, que tempo tão atrás
E as morena na jinela
Divirtindo os carnavá
Translation
And the dark-haired girls at the window
Enjoying the carnivals
Oh, to suffer
Oh, to endure so much
Dark-haired girls at the window
Enjoying the carnivals
Rio Preto goes by
Why so much carnival?
Why have to move forward
After the final point?
Rio Preto dragging on
Why so much carnival?
Why have to move forward
After the final point?
Faded banner
Disguised joy
Ten thousand réis from that raffle
Rio Preto on the sidewalks
Look at Nezinha's step
Jumping on one leg only, only, only
And the Rio Preto Parade
Forms a knot in the throat
And Sá Maria das Dores
Rio Preto, oh what pain
Oh, how beautiful Rio Preto
Oh, what a time so far behind
And the dark-haired girls at the window
Enjoying the carnivals
