Composer: Duka Santos e os Meninos do Groove
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Toda menina bela de saia amarela
Se chamasse Gabriela eu vou contar pra ela
Que o problema dela é de não saber dançar
Que é na pancada do zabumba faz o povo apreciar
É nesse batidão que é da zabumba, bumba
Bumba bumba bumba é que bombou meu coração
É nesse forrozão que a mulherada cai com graça no meio da multidão
Quero ver todo mundo dançar no salão
Que a mulherada cai com graça no meio da multidão
Quero ver todo mundo dançar no salão
Que a mulherada cai com graça no meio da multidão
O zabumbeiro ta tocando
Ta botando pra quebrar
Todo mundo vai dançando até o dia clarear
Translation
Every beautiful girl in a yellow skirt
If her name was Gabriela I'm going to tell her
That her problem is not knowing how to dance
That it's to the beat of the zabumba that makes people appreciate
It's to this heavy beat that is from the zabumba, bumba
Bumba bumba bumba is what made my heart pound
It's in this forrozão that the women fall with grace in the middle of the crowd
I want to see everyone dance in the hall
That the women fall with grace in the middle of the crowd
I want to see everyone dance in the hall
That the women fall with grace in the middle of the crowd
The zabumba musician is playing
He's going all out
Everyone keeps dancing until daybreak
