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Ary Lobo

Último Pau de AraraLast Pau de Arara (Truck for migrants)

Ary Lobo · Ary Lobo e Seus Grandes Sucessos Ary Lobo and His Great Hits (1964)

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Composer: Luiz Gonzaga, Zé Dantas

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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics

Full lyrics

A vida aqui só é ruim

Quando não chove no chão

Mas se chover dá de tudo

Fartura tem de montão

Tomara que chova logo

Tomara meu Deus tomara


Só deixo o meu cariri

No último pau-de-arara (bis)


Enquanto a minha vaquinha

Tiver o couro e o osso

E puder com o chocalho

Pendurado no pescoço

Eu vou ficando por aqui

Que deus do céu me ajude

Quem sai da terra natal

Em outros cantos não para


Só deixo o meu cariri

No último pau-de-arara (bis)

Translation

Life here is only bad

When it doesn't rain on the ground

But if it rains, everything grows

There's plenty of abundance

I hope it rains soon

I hope, my God, I hope


I only leave my Cariri

In the last 'pau-de-arara' (bis)


As long as my little cow

Has its hide and bones

And can with the cowbell

Hanging from its neck

I'll stay around here

May God in heaven help me

Whoever leaves their homeland

Doesn't settle in other places


I only leave my Cariri

In the last 'pau-de-arara' (bis)

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