Composer: Benício Guimarães
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Tu toma cuidado Genival
Um dia desse você vai se dar mal
Genival matou um gato e botou colorau
Coentro, cebola, cominho
Almeirão brejeira, alfavaca de cheiro
E só num botou sal
É que o Genival sofria uma revolta sem tamanho
E resolveu dar um almoço todo pro demônio
Pra fazer sucesso e melhorar seu ganho
Tentou dar um almoço pro doutor demônio
Quinta-feira da paixão Genival tava de copo e garrafa na mão
Assou um gato e chegou na encruzilhada
Arriou a cachaça e o gato no chão
Era meia-noite, fora de hora
E ele disse: Agora é hora! Quem quiser comer do gato que chegue agora
Tu toma cuidado Genival
Um dia desse você vai se dar mal
Um pé de vento começou redemunhá
Apareceu um bode preto com os olho esbugalhado
Um cachorro pedicerado, com olhos estufados
Um porco faltando um quarto
Um gato faltando um lado
Genival se assombrou-se, caiu desmemoriado
O porco roncava, o gato miava, cachorro latia
O bode bodejava, bufava na venta e berrava
Bébé qué bebê, babá
Uma voz rouca gritava
Tá vivo que eu vi deitar!
Chama iaiá pra sangrar
Bota no bambuê pra pelar
Gritavam, sorriam, faziam pirraça
Comeram o gato, beberam a cachaça
Numa nuvem de fumaça desapareceram no ar
Coitado do Genival!
Quase se borrou nas calças
Desonerou na retanga
Tamburou, rolou na canga
Cauê, caô, camará
Translation
You be careful, Genival
One of these days you'll get into trouble
Genival killed a cat and put annatto powder
Cilantro, onion, cumin
Wild chicory, fragrant basil
And only didn't put salt
It's that Genival suffered an immense revolt
And decided to give a whole lunch to the devil
To make a success and improve his gain
He tried to give a lunch to Doctor Devil
On Maundy Thursday Genival had a cup and bottle in hand
He roasted a cat and arrived at the crossroads
He set down the cachaça and the cat on the ground
It was midnight, an unholy hour
And he said: Now is the time! Whoever wants to eat the cat, come now
You be careful, Genival
One of these days you'll get into trouble
A gust of wind began to swirl
A black goat appeared with bulging eyes
A mangled dog, with swollen eyes
A pig missing a quarter
A cat missing a side
Genival was terrified, fell disoriented
The pig grunted, the cat meowed, the dog barked
The goat belched, snorted through its nostrils and screamed
Bébé wants to drink, babá
A hoarse voice shouted
He's alive, I saw him lie down!
Call Iaiá to bleed him
Put him in the bamboo pot to skin him
They shouted, they smiled, they made mischief
They ate the cat, they drank the cachaça
In a cloud of smoke they disappeared into the air
Poor Genival!
He almost soiled his pants
He relieved himself in his underpants
He thrashed, rolled on the ground
Cauê, caô, camará
