Composer: Ary Lobo
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Cento e vinte o valentão do sertão
Encontrou com Pernambuco
Três Brigadas
La na bodega do João
Num dia de domingo na Serra Talhada
Começaram a beber misturada
De cachaça com limão
Não demorou-se agarrar feito um leão
Arrebentaram as prateleiras e quebraram o balcão
O bodegueiro com medo de entrar no malho
Ficou apavorado e se mandou lá pro terreiro
E bem distante ele gritava com bastante desespero
Esqueci lá na gaveta todo o meu dinheiro
Cento e vinte já todo deformado
E gritou me socorra João
Tire Três Brigadas de cima de mim
Ele já me deu a maior decisão
Mas que homem destemido esse três brigada
Porque deu em cento e vinte na serra talhada
Translation
One hundred and twenty, the tough guy from the backlands
Met Pernambuco
Three Brigades
There at João's bar
On a Sunday in Serra Talhada
They started drinking mixed drinks
Of cachaça with lime
It didn't take long for them to grab each other like a lion
They smashed the shelves and broke the counter
The bar owner, afraid to get involved in the fight
Was terrified and ran to the yard
And from afar, he shouted with great despair
I forgot all my money in the drawer
One hundred and twenty, already all deformed
And shouted, help me, João
Get Three Brigades off of me
He already gave me the biggest decision
But what a fearless man, this Three Brigades
Because he beat up One hundred and twenty in Serra Talhada
