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Alceu Valença

De Onde VemFrom Where It Comes

Alceu Valença · Arquivo Essencial - Alceu Valença Essential Archive - Alceu Valença (2003)

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Composer: Alceu Valença

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Full lyrics

Salve a Nação Elefante

Estrela Brilhante

Piaba de Ouro

Deus Salve os Caboclinhos

Da Tribo dos Canidés

De onde vem o 'caboclo'

Será africano, será caeté?

De onde vem essa dança?

Quem sabe vem do Toré.

Ôôôô, de onde vem essa dor?

Meu coração de tambor

Não sabe de onde vem

Ôôôô, e de onde vem meu amor

Meu coração de tambor não sabe de onde vem.

Salve a Nação Elefante

Estrela Brilhante

Piaba de Ouro

Maracatu Dona Santa

De onde é que ele é?

Quem sabe é o som de Luanda

No bairro de São José...

Translation

Hail the Elephant Nation

Bright Star

Golden Piaba

God Save the Caboclinhos

From the Tribe of Canidés

Where does the 'caboclo' come from?

Is he African, is he Caeté?

Where does this dance come from?

Who knows, it comes from the Toré.

Ôôôô, where does this pain come from?

My drum heart

Doesn't know where it comes from

Ôôôô, and where does my love come from

My drum heart doesn't know where it comes from.

Hail the Elephant Nation

Bright Star

Golden Piaba

Maracatu Dona Santa

Where is he from?

Who knows, it's the sound of Luanda

In the neighborhood of São José...

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