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Ary Lobo

Recife SangrentoBloody Recife

Ary Lobo · Cheguei Na Lua I Arrived on the Moon (1960)

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Composer: Ary Lobo

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Eu vou falar é do recife sangrento

a verdade é sagrada e não se esconde.


Valente entre os mais valentes

Foi o nascimento grande


Cada rua em Recife tinha um brabo

Cada bairro existia um valentão

A coragem era a lEI da razão

Testemunho de tal civilidade

A peixeira era a identidade

Documento de todo cidadão

A verdade é sagrada e não se esconde


Zé lero lero, que dopou pião dolero

Compadre do jongondrongo

Lembra a zefa do biombo

Que brigava de punhal

Corre hoje de preá e nunca aceitou conselho

Também Juvino dos coelhos

Que morreu no seu ramal

A verdade é sagrada e não se esconde

Translation

I'm going to talk about bloody Recife

the truth is sacred and cannot be hidden.


Brave among the bravest

It was a great birth


Every street in Recife had a tough guy

Every neighborhood had a bully

Courage was the law of reason

Testimony of such civility

The pocketknife was the identity

Document of every citizen

The truth is sacred and cannot be hidden


Zé lero lero, who drugged pião dolero

Buddy of jongondrongo

Remembers zefa of the screen

Who fought with a dagger

Runs today like a guinea pig and never accepted advice

Also Juvino dos coelhos

Who died on his branch line

The truth is sacred and cannot be hidden

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