Composer: Ary Lobo
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
No meu tempo de menino
Eu não passei vida boa
Não freqüentava a escola
Só porque a toa
Mas para não perder meu tempo
Eu ficava na esquina
No jogo de cara e coroa
Cara e coroa, Cara e coroa
Cara e coroa, Cara e coroa
Naquele tempo existia
Derreis vintém e tostão
Eu soltava papagaio
E jogava o meu pião
No domingo de manha
La no sitio da mangueira
Eu caçava passarinho
Armado de balinheira
Balinheira, balinheira
Balinheira, balinheira
Eu que fui menino pobre
E me criei na estrada
Carreguei frete na feira
Joguei lebre na calçada
Levei bilhete
Do rapaz pra namorar
Só não fui guia de cego
Ai ai, oi oi
Mais fui craque na pelada
Na pelada, na pelada
Na pelada, na pelada
Na pelada, na pelada
Translation
In my childhood days
I didn't have a good life
I didn't attend school
Just wasting time
But to not waste my time
I stayed on the corner
In the heads or tails game
Heads or tails, heads or tails
Heads or tails, heads or tails
In those days there was
Derreis, vintém and tostão (old currency)
I flew kites
And played with my top
On Sunday mornings
There at the mango tree site
I hunted birds
Armed with a slingshot
Slingshot, slingshot
Slingshot, slingshot
I who was a poor boy
And grew up on the road
I carried loads at the fair
I played hare on the sidewalk
I delivered notes
From the boy to his sweetheart
I just wasn't a guide for the blind
Ai ai, oi oi
But I was a star in the game
In the game, in the game
In the game, in the game
In the game, in the game
