Composer: Benício Guimarães
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Jogaram parafina no salão
Para as morenas remexerem ate cansar
Jogaram parafina no salão
Para as morenas remexerem ate cansar
La tem coquista
Tem cantor de gafieira
Tem batuque de pandeiro
Tem zabumba e tem ganzá
Vamos pra lá que no salão esta cheio de dama
Elas mesmo chamam "bichinho chegue pra cá"
O timbre do forró me deixou de juízo mole
Sanfoneiro puxe o fole ninguém pare de se balançar
Só vê como elas mechem
E no balanço começam a me conquistar
Só vê como elas mechem
E no balanço começam a me conquistar
Não vai embora meu bem não me deixe agora
Se você for embora eu vou chorar
Elas só param de chorar quando o dia clarear
Só param de reclamar quando forró terminar
Translation
They put paraffin on the dance floor
For the dark-haired girls to sway until they're tired
They put paraffin on the dance floor
For the dark-haired girls to sway until they're tired
There are coquistas
There's a gafieira singer
There's the beat of the tambourine
There's zabumba and there's ganzá
Let's go there, the dance floor is full of ladies
They themselves call out "sweetie, come over here"
The sound of the forró made me lose my mind
Accordion player, pump the bellows, nobody stop swaying
Just look how they move
And with their sway, they start to win me over
Just look how they move
And with their sway, they start to win me over
Don't go away, my dear, don't leave me now
If you go away, I will cry
They only stop crying when the day breaks
They only stop complaining when the forró ends
