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Aloisio Gomes

MacachiraMacachira

Aloisio Gomes · Miabufelei Miabufelei (1967)

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Composer: Aloisio Gomes E Seu Conjunto

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Compadre Antonio Henrique, que morava no sertão

Num pedaço de terra, e sua familiação(?)

Trabalhava o dia todo, no leito do roçado

Com outro companheiro, que vivia ao seu lado

Na casa de farinho, ou no roçado a vida inteira

Plantava e descascava, e só comia macaxeira

Vamos se mudar pro rio, compadre se isso se pó(?)

Vamos pro rio pra gente, Come come mais melhor


Gostei da sua proposta, e nós aqui não fica mais

Vendo o jegue e a jumenta, os pais de chiqueiro vai (?)

Ser trocado por passagem, pra nos ir viajar

Bem longe da macaxeira, eu não quero nem pensar

Quando chegaram no rio, entraram no restaurante

Pediram o menu, Garçom trouxe num instante

Passaram folha por folha, e gritaram essa sim

Essa deve ser gostosa, tem o nome de aipim


O garçom traga dois pratos, esse tal de aipim

Nunca comi tão gostoso, traga logo para mim

O garçom chamou Odília, cozinheira de primeira

Prepare para esse matuto, um prato de macaxeira


Compadre tamo atolado, já corremos do nordeste

Estamos sendo perseguidos com a macaxeira da peste

Compadre La vem o ônibus, ta vazia as cadeiras

No ponto final desceram, na vila da macaxeira

Translation

Godfather Antonio Henrique, who lived in the sertão

On a piece of land, with his family

He worked all day long, in the cultivated field

With another companion, who lived by his side

In the flour house, or in the field his whole life

He planted and peeled, and only ate macaxeira

Let's move to the city, godfather, if that's possible

Let's go to the city so we can, eat much better


Gostei da sua proposta, e nós aqui não fica mais

Selling the donkey and the jenny, the farm animals will

Be exchanged for tickets, for us to travel

Far from macaxeira, I don't even want to think about it

When they arrived in the city, they entered the restaurant

They asked for the menu, the waiter brought it instantly

They flipped page by page, and shouted, "This one, yes!"

"This must be delicious, it's called aipim"


"Waiter, bring two plates, of this 'aipim' thing"

"I've never eaten anything so tasty, bring it to me right away"

The waiter called Odília, a first-rate cook

"Prepare for this country bumpkin, a plate of macaxeira"


Godfather, we're stuck, we already ran from the Northeast

We're being pursued by the cursed macaxeira

Godfather, here comes the bus, the seats are empty

At the final stop they got off, in Cassava Village

All lyrics by Aloisio Gomes

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