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Benício Guimarães

Isso é que é o sertãoThis Is Truly the Sertão

Benício Guimarães · Dialeto Cultural Cultural Dialect (2022)

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Composer: Benício Guimarães

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Full lyrics

Sertanejo lá da roça

Acorda cedo pra cuidar da criação

O Roçado é seu colégio

O seu maior previlégio

Se alguém precisa ele dá a mão

Sertanejo lá da roça

É homem de opinião

Trabalha de sol a sol

Isso é que é o sertão

Trabalha a semana inteira

No domingo ele vai fazer a feira

Na bodega do Janjão

Compra jabá,fumo e farinha

Fósforo,papel e sabão

Rapadura, açucar e sal

Compra alho,tempero e coloral

E leva o gás pra o lampião

No dia que vai a missa

Os amigos lhe encontram

Faz um sermão

Perguntam por Lorival

Misael,Joca e Sabrine

Frederico,Lorentino

Ferreirinha,Rafael e Simião

Perguntam por Nina e Antonia

Severinha e Totonha

Guilhermina e Pitonha

Ele diz " tão todos bão "

Sertanejo lá da roça

É homem de opinião

Trabalha de sol a sol

Isso é que é o sertão

Morre um com mais de 10 léguas

O enterro parece uma procissão

Fica tudo pra aquela redondeza

Pra carregar seu caixão

No terço do sétimo dia

Reune toda a família

Contrito em Oração

Rezador respeite calma

Intenção daquela Alma

Isso é que é o sertão

Translation

Sertanejo from the countryside

Wakes up early to take care of the livestock

The cultivated field is his school

His greatest privilege

If someone needs, he lends a hand

Sertanejo from the countryside

Is a man of opinion

Works from sunup to sundown

This is what the sertão is

Works the whole week

On Sunday he goes to the market

At Janjão's bodega

Buys jabá, tobacco, and flour

Matches, paper, and soap

Rapadura, sugar, and salt

Buys garlic, seasoning, and coloral

And takes the gas for the lamp

On the day he goes to mass

His friends meet him

They have a long talk

They ask about Lorival

Misael, Joca, and Sabrine

Frederico, Lorentino

Ferreirinha, Rafael, and Simião

They ask about Nina and Antonia

Severinha and Totonha

Guilhermina and Pitonha

He says "they're all good"

Sertanejo from the countryside

Is a man of opinion

Works from sunup to sundown

This is what the sertão is

If someone dies more than 10 leagues away

The funeral looks like a procession

Everyone from that vicinity comes

To carry his coffin

At the rosary of the seventh day

The whole family gathers

Contrite in Prayer

The prayer leader asks for calm

Intention for that Soul

This is what the sertão is

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