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Aracílio Araújo

O Cantador do SeridóThe Singer from Seridó

Aracílio Araújo · O Forró da Gente Our Forró (2018)

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Composer: Aracílio Araújo

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Full lyrics

Vale a pena ouvir de novo

Junto com meu povo

Na noite de São João

Aquele tão nordestino

Um coração de menino

Sua voz, sua canção

Simples como ele só

Nasceu lá no Seridó

E mostrou o seu valor

Cantava com maestria

Com força, com alegria

O Elino Cantador

Onde tiver uma sanfona

Um sanfoneiro

Uma zabumba, um zabumbeiro

E um triângulo no salão

E um forró daquele bem animado

Que ninguém fica parado

Levantando um poeirão

Um rala bucho molhadinho de suor

Lembra Elino Julião

Cantador do Seridó

Cadê a mulher

Aonde é que estar

Chega cá mulher

Vamos xamegar

Translation

It's worth listening again

Together with my people

On Saint John's night

That so Northeastern man

A boy's heart

His voice, his song

Simple as only he could be

Born there in Seridó

And showed his worth

He sang with mastery

With strength, with joy

Elino the Singer

Wherever there's an accordion

An accordion player

A zabumba, a zabumba player

And a triangle in the hall

And a forró, one of those lively ones

Where no one stands still

Kicking up a cloud of dust

A close dance, wet with sweat

It reminds us of Elino Julião

The Singer from Seridó

Where's the woman?

Where is she?

Come here, woman

Let's be affectionate

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