Composer: Carmelia Alves
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Lá no meu pé de serra
Deixei ficar meu coração
Ai, que saudades tenho
Eu vou voltar pro meu sertão
No meu roçado trabalhava todo dia
Mas no meu rancho tinha tudo o que queria
Lá se dançava quase toda quinta-feira
Sanfona não faltava e tome xóte a noite inteira
O xóte é bom
De se dançar
A gente gruda na cabôcla sem soltar
Um passo lá
Um outro cá
Enquanto o fole tá tocando,
tá gemendo, tá chorando,
Tá fungando, reclamando sem parar.
Translation
There in my rural mountain home
I left my heart
Oh, what deep longing I have
I will return to my sertão
In my cultivated field I worked every day
But in my ranch I had everything I wanted
There people danced almost every Thursday
Accordion was not missing and xóte all night long
The xóte is good
To dance
We stick to the country girl without letting go
One step there
Another one here
While the bellows are playing,
are moaning, are crying,
Are sniffling, complaining non-stop.
