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Madame ParaíbaMadame Paraíba

Ary Lobo · Zé Mané Zé Mané (1965)

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Composer: Ary Lobo

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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics

Full lyrics

Madame Paraíba quis me degolar

Eu fiquei apavorado meu irmão

A danadinha espumava tanto

Rangia os dentes parecia um cão

Um amigo me falou que tudo era vaidade

Que se vê mulher valente é na maternidade


Quem trata da vida dela é dona Antonha

Quem sabe da vida dela é a cegonha


Essa não, madame Paraíba é mesmo um perigo

No outro dia bateu mão às armas

E deu um tiro no ouvido do marido

O rapaz amigo, essa não

Madame Paraíba não sabe o que quer

Recebe santo todo dia de araque

E no final diz pros otários

Que foi pai José

Translation

Madame Paraíba wanted to slit my throat

I was terrified, my brother

The little rascal foamed so much

Gnashed her teeth, looked like a dog

A friend told me that everything was vanity

That the only brave woman you see is in maternity


The one who takes care of her life is Dona Antonha

The one who knows about her life is the stork


This one's no good, Madame Paraíba is really a danger

The next day she took up arms

And shot her husband in the ear

The friend boy, no way

Madame Paraíba doesn't know what she wants

Receives fake saints every day

And in the end tells the fools

That it was Father José

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