Composer: Ary Lobo
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Quando eu vim da minha terra
Passei na enchente nadando
Passei frio, passei fome
Passei dez dias chorando
Por saber que de tua vida
Pra sempre estava passando
Nos passo desse calvário
Tinha ninguém me ajudando
Tava como um passarinho
Perdido fora do bando
Vamo-nos embora, ê ê
Vamo-nos embora, camará
Presse mundo afora, ê ê
Presse mundo afora, camará
Quando eu vim da minha terra
Veja o que eu deixei pra trás
Cinco noivas sem marido
Sete crianças sem pai
Doze santos sem milagre
Quinze suspiros sem ai
Trinta marido contente
Me perguntando "já vai?"
E o padre dizendo às beata
"Milagre custa, mas sai"
Vamo-nos embora, ê ê (...)
Quando eu vim da minha terra
Num sabia o que é sobrosso
Sabença de burro velho
Coragem de tigre moço
Oração de fechar corpo
Pendurada no pescoço
Rifle do papo-amarelo
Peixeira de cabo de osso
Medalha de Padre Ciço
E rosário de caroço
Pra me alisar pêlo fino
E arrepiar pêlo grosso
Que eu saí da minha terra
Sem cisma
Susto ou sobrosso
Vamo-nos embora, ê ê (...)
Quando eu vim da minha terra
Vim fazendo tropelia
Nos lugar onde eu passava
Estrada ficava vazia
Quem vinha vindo, voltava
Quem ia indo, não ia
Quem tinha negócio urgente
Deixava pro outro dia
Padre largava da missa
Onça largava da cria
E os pai de moça donzela
Mudava de freguesia
Mas tinha que fazer força
Porque as moça num queria
Vamo-nos embora, ê ê (...)
Eu sai da minha terra
Por ter sina viageira
Cum dois meses de viagem
Eu vivi uma vida inteira
Sai bravo, cheguei manso
Macho da mesma maneira
Estrada foi boa mestra
Me deu lição verdadeira
Coragem num ta no grito
E nem riqueza na algibeira
E os pecado de domingo
Quem paga é segunda-feira
Vamo-nos embora, ê ê (...)
Translation
When I came from my land
I swam through the flood
I was cold, I was hungry
I spent ten days crying
Knowing that from your life
I was forever passing
In the steps of this calvary
There was no one helping me
I was like a little bird
Lost outside the flock
Let's go away, ê ê
Let's go away, comrade
Out into the world, ê ê
Out into the world, comrade
When I came from my land
See what I left behind
Five brides without a husband
Seven children without a father
Twelve saints without a miracle
Fifteen sighs without an 'ouch'
Thirty happy husbands
Asking me "Are you leaving already?"
And the priest saying to the pious women
"A miracle costs, but it happens"
Let's go away, ê ê
Let's go away, comrade
Out into the world, ê ê
Out into the world, comrade
When I came from my land
I didn't know what fright was
The wisdom of an old donkey
The courage of a young tiger
A prayer to close the body
Hanging around my neck
The rifle of the yellow-belly
A knife with a bone handle
A medal of Padre Ciço
And a rosary of seeds
To smooth my fine hair
And bristle my coarse hair
Because I left my land
Without suspicion
Fright or fright
Let's go away, ê ê
Let's go away, comrade
Out into the world, ê ê
Out into the world, comrade
When I came from my land
I came making mischief
In the places where I passed
The road became empty
Whoever was coming, returned
Whoever was going, didn't go
Whoever had urgent business
Left it for another day
The priest left the mass
The jaguar left its cub
And the fathers of maiden girls
Changed their clientele
But they had to force it
Because the girls didn't want to
Let's go away, ê ê
Let's go away, comrade
Out into the world, ê ê
Out into the world, comrade
I left my land
Because I have a traveling destiny
With two months of travel
I lived a whole life
I left angry, I arrived gentle
A man in the same way
The road was a good teacher
It gave me a true lesson
Courage is not in the shout
Nor wealth in the pocket
And the sins of Sunday
Are paid for on Monday
Let's go away, ê ê
Let's go away, comrade
Out into the world, ê ê
Out into the world, comrade
