Composer: Ary Lobo
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Zé Mané chegou no coco
Com fama de cantador
Todo mundo bateu palma
Zé mane se encabulou
Cante o coco Zé Mané
Eu não sei
Dance o coco Zé Mané
Eu não senhor
Na Paraíba Zé Mané onde chegava
Todo mundo lhe gabava
Só falava em seu cartaz
Trouxeram Zé Mané pro rio de janeiro
Pra mostrar sem fofoqueiro
Mas o Zé não satisfaz
A meia noite Zé Mané encabulado
Dizendo cruzado A poeira ta demais
Levaram Zé Mané na feira bem defronte
Deram um copo de aguardente
Que agora o corpo sai
De madrugada Zé Mané embriagou-se
Todo mundo ali calou-se esperando ele cantar
Mas Zé Mané fez cada palavrão tão forte
Que mandaram ele pro norte para nunca mais voltar
Translation
Zé Mané arrived at the coco party
With a reputation as a singer
Everyone applauded
Zé Mané got embarrassed
Sing the coco, Zé Mané
I don't know how
Dance the coco, Zé Mané
No, sir, I don't
In Paraíba, wherever Zé Mané arrived
Everyone praised him
They only talked about his fame
They brought Zé Mané to Rio de Janeiro
To show without gossip
But Zé doesn't satisfy
At midnight, Zé Mané embarrassed
Saying crossed, The dust is too much
They took Zé Mané to the fair right in front
They gave him a glass of aguardente
That now the body goes out
At dawn, Zé Mané got drunk
Everyone there was silent, waiting for him to sing
But Zé Mané said such strong swear words
That they sent him to the north to never return
