Composer: Alceu Valença
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Quando eu vim do sertão
Seu moço, do meu Bodocó
A maleta era um saco
E o cadeado era um nó
Quando eu vim do sertão
Seu moço, do meu Bodocó
A maleta era um saco
E o cadeado era um nó
Só trazia a coragem e a cara
Viajando num pau de arara
Eu penei, mas aqui cheguei
Só trazia a coragem e a cara
Viajando num pau de arara
Eu penei, mas aqui cheguei
Trouxe um triângulo, no matolão
Trouxe um gonguê, no matolão
Trouxe um zabumba dentro do matolão
Xote, maracatu e baião
Tudo isso eu trouxe no meu matolão
Eu penei, mas aqui cheguei
Eu penei, penei, penei mas aqui cheguei
Translation
When I came from the backlands
Sir, from my Bodocó
The suitcase was a sack
And the padlock was a knot
When I came from the backlands
Sir, from my Bodocó
The suitcase was a sack
And the padlock was a knot
I only brought courage and my face
Traveling in a 'pau de arara' truck
I suffered, but I arrived here
I only brought courage and my face
Traveling in a 'pau de arara' truck
I suffered, but I arrived here
I brought a triangle, in the bundle
I brought a ganzá, in the bundle
I brought a zabumba drum inside the bundle
Xote, maracatu and baião
All of this I brought in my bundle
I suffered, but I arrived here
I suffered, suffered, suffered but I arrived here",
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