Composer: Azulão
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Full lyrics
Oi abalô, e tornou a abalar
O forró faz balançar o bueiro da Caruá
Vovó falava, eu criança escutava
Que a terra aqui abalava
Feito vara de bambu
Ela dizia: Que de longe se ouvia
Toda hora, noite e dia, estrondar Caruaru
Oi abalô, e tornou a abalar
O forró faz balançar o bueiro da Caruá
E resmungava, quando eu a perguntava
Se o estrondo que falava
Era troar de trovão
Vovó dizia, com toda sabedoria
Você vai ver um dia que esse morro é um vulcão
Oi abalô, e tornou a abalar
O forró faz balançar o bueiro da Caruá
Agora eu sei que a velha tinha razão
Que Caruaru estronda, isso já é tradição
E no compasso, rima, verso e simetria
Forró amanhece o dia quando chega São João
Translation
Hey, it shook, and shook again
The forró makes the Caruá sewer shake
Grandma used to say, I listened as a child
That the earth here shook
Like a bamboo pole
She said: That from afar you could hear
Every hour, night and day, Caruaru thunder
Hey, it shook, and shook again
The forró makes the Caruá sewer shake
And she grumbled, when I asked her
If the thunder she spoke of
Was the roar of thunder
Grandma would say, with all her wisdom
You will see one day that this hill is a volcano
Hey, it shook, and shook again
The forró makes the Caruá sewer shake
Now I know the old woman was right
That Caruaru thunders, that's already a tradition
And in the rhythm, rhyme, verse and symmetry
Forró dawns the day when São João arrives
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