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Baião da GaroaBaião of the Drizzle

Carmélia Alves · Carmelia Alves Carmelia Alves (1956)

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Composer: Carmelia Alves, Trio Melodia, Quinteto Continental

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Na terra seca,

Quando a safra não é boa,

Sabiá não entoa,

Não dá milho nem feijão,

Na Paraíba, Ceará, nas Alagoa,

Retirante que passam,

Vão cantando seu rojão.

Lá, lá, lá, lá...


Meu São Pedro me ajude,

Mande chuva, chuva boa,

Chuva esteiro, chuva estio,

Nem que seja uma garoa.


Uma vez choveu na terra seca,

Sabiá então cantou,

Houve lá tanta fartura,

Que o pau-de-arara voltou.

Lá, lá, lá, lá ...


Oi Graças a Deus,

Choveu, garoou !


E já vai tempo,

Que choveu pra gente boa,

Nunca mais deu garoa,

Nem deu milho e feijão,

E os retirantes,

Diz que não desacorçoa,

Vão rezando uma prece,

Vão cantando o seu rojão !...

Lá, lá, lá, lá...

Translation

In the dry land,

When the harvest is not good,

The thrush does not sing,

It yields neither corn nor beans,

In Paraíba, Ceará, in Alagoas,

Migrants who pass by,

Go singing their rojão.

La, la, la, la...


My São Pedro, help me,

Send rain, good rain,

Steady rain, summer rain,

Even if it's just a drizzle.


Once it rained on the dry land,

The thrush then sang,

There was so much abundance there,

That the pau-de-arara returned.

La, la, la, la ...


Oh, thanks to God,

It rained, it drizzled!


And it's been a while,

Since it rained for good people,

It never drizzled again,

Nor yielded corn and beans,

And the migrants,

Say they don't lose heart,

They go praying a prayer,

They go singing their rojão!...

La, la, la, la...

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