Composer: Ary Lobo
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Ai minha mãe
Meu primeiro santo amor
Eu comparo minha mãe
Com o anjo do senhor
Numa excursão que eu fiz
No rio grande do norte
Um órfão falou-me em verso
De sua mesquinha sorte
Com um semblante mudado
O órfão sempre falava
Quando mamãe era viva
Nada para mim faltava
Se pai vinha me bater
Mamãezinha não deixava
Mas depois que ela morreu
Papai precisou casar
Porem a minha madrasta
Vivia a me maltratar
Quando eu falava em mamãe
Ela pegava a brigar
Minha madrasta era ma
Tinha cruel coração
Puxava minhas orelhas
Me dava um beliscão
Depois mandava papai
Me bater de cinturão
Eu queria ter mamãe
Nem que fosse bem velhinha
Andando com o bastão
Com a cabeça branquinha
Pra todo dia eu dizer
Me abençoe mamãezinha
Translation
Oh, my mother
My first holy love
I compare my mother
To the angel of the Lord
On an excursion I took
In Rio Grande do Norte
An orphan spoke to me in verse
Of his meager fate
With a changed countenance
The orphan always spoke
When my mother was alive
Nothing was lacking for me
If my father came to hit me
My mommy wouldn't let him
But after she died
Dad needed to marry
But my stepmother
Lived to mistreat me
When I spoke of my mother
She would start to fight
My stepmother was evil
Had a cruel heart
She pulled my ears
Gave me a pinch
Then she would tell Dad
To beat me with a belt
I wish I had my mother
Even if she were very old
Walking with a cane
With a little white head
So that every day I could say
Bless me, Mommy
