Composer: Cristina Amaral
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Meu bem pediu
Pra eu cantar um côco
Eu não sou louco
Pra dizer que não
E fiz um côco
Sincopado, sanfonado
Mas parecendo um xaxado
Dos cabras de lampião (bis)
Meu côco tem
Badoque, baleadeira
Tijela, pó de peneira
Tem ponteira e tem pião
Rapa de banda
Espingarda lazarina
Rifle de canela fina
Tem bala de musquetão (bis)
Meu côco tem
Passarinho em revoada
Martelo, foice enxada
Tem curisco e tem trovão
Carne de bode
Fuba, queijo e rapadura
Farinha com tanajura
Apanhada no sertão (bis)
Meu côco tem
Cheiro de mulher bonita
Tem caçacha tem birita
Gin, gazosa e alcatrão
Tem violeiro
Tem vaqueiro e sanfoneiro tocador
Também tem fogueira de são joão (bis)
Translation
My dear asked
For me to sing a côco
I'm not crazy
To say no
And I made a côco
Syncopated, sanfona-played
But resembling a xaxado
Of Lampião's cabras (bis)
My côco has
Slingshot, catapult
Bowl, sifting powder
It has a tip and it has a spinning top
Side knife
Lazarina shotgun
Thin-barreled rifle
It has a musket ball (bis)
My côco has
Little bird in flight
Hammer, sickle, hoe
It has lightning and it has thunder
Goat meat
Fuba, cheese and rapadura
Flour with tanajura
Gathered in the sertão (bis)
My côco has
Scent of a beautiful woman
It has cachaça, it has booze
Gin, soda and tar
It has a violeiro
It has a vaqueiro and a sanfona musician
It also has a São João bonfire (bis)
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