Composer: Amelinha
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
E duro o chão rachado do sertao
quem chora, chove tem a seca d'água
Luiz Gonzaga o rei do Baião
O toque da sanfona cristaliza
E ameniza a dor, a sede e a fome
É muita mágoa pra pouco Baião
Deus mandou, esse menino
Aliviar a dor com seu baião
No sertão de Virgulino,
Agora violencia tem vez não
Cade Gonzaga, cade baião
Luiz Gonzaga, Rei do Baião
Porque tu foste embora
Pergunto a toda hora
Teu xote eu vou cantar
Teu xote eu vou cantar
Teu xote eu vou cantar
Translation
The cracked ground of the Sertão is hard
Whoever cries, rains, suffers the drought of water
Luiz Gonzaga, the king of Baião
The touch of the accordion crystallizes
And eases the pain, the thirst, and the hunger
There's too much sorrow for so little Baião
God sent this boy
To relieve the pain with his baião
In Virgulino's Sertão,
Now violence has no place
Where is Gonzaga, where is baião
Luiz Gonzaga, King of Baião
Why did you leave
I ask all the time
Your xote I will sing
Your xote I will sing
Your xote I will sing
