Composer: Alceu Valença
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
O sertão precisa é disso
Açude, cacimba, barreiro
Barragem no São Francisco
Mas só existe governo
Pra dar emprego a soldado
Perseguir os cangaceiro
Cobrar imposto pro estado
Que vive nadando em dinheiro
O sertão precisa é disso
Açude, cacimba, barreiro
Barragem no São Francisco
Mas só existe governo
Pra dar emprego a soldado
Perseguir os cangaceiro
Cobrar imposto pro estado
Que vive nadando em dinheiro
Translation
The backlands need this
Reservoir, well, clay pit
Dam on the São Francisco
But there's only government
To give jobs to soldiers
To chase the bandits
To collect taxes for the state
That lives swimming in money
The backlands need this
Reservoir, well, clay pit
Dam on the São Francisco
But there's only government
To give jobs to soldiers
To chase the bandits
To collect taxes for the state
That lives swimming in money
