Composer: Irah Caldeira
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Era o caminho da roça pureza de Maria
A folha verde no mato a chuva quando caia
Passarinho no regato e a natureza sorria
Era o beijo que eu cultivava a vida que eu bem queria
Do jeito que eu sonhava realmente acontecia
Queria um fruto eu plantava vingava o fruto eu comia
Da morte eu não tinha medo a morte eu não conhecia
Não tinha nenhum segredo andar no mato sem guia
Nunca era tarde nem cedo meia noite ou meio dia
Fui menino mais que sete ou dezessete légua e meia
Menino fui cassetete menino fogo nas veias
Bola de gude pivete menino bola de meia
Fui menino meia noite menino fui meio dia
Menino vento de açoite fui o ventre da folia
Menino trovão da noite fui chuva fui invernia
Fui menino pistoleiro menino caramanção
Menino fui sapateiro menino carro de mão
Menino eu fui cangaceiro menino eu fui lampião
Menino também menino fui
E o tempo deu-me a alma sua
Deu-me batente de bares
Deu-me a vida nua e crua
Becos esquinas meus lares
Moleque ponta de rua
Translation
It was the country path, Maria's purity
The green leaf in the bush, the rain when it fell
Bird in the stream and nature smiled
It was the kiss I cultivated, the life I truly wanted
The way I dreamed, it really happened
I wanted a fruit, I planted it, the fruit ripened, I ate it
Of death I had no fear, death I did not know
There was no secret, walking in the bush without a guide
It was never late nor early, midnight or midday
I was a boy more than seven or seventeen and a half leagues
Boy, I was a truncheon, boy, fire in my veins
Marble, street kid, boy, sock ball
I was a boy at midnight, boy, I was at midday
Boy, whipping wind, I was the belly of the revelry
Boy, thunder of the night, I was rain, I was winter
I was a boy gunman, boy, caramanção
Boy, I was a shoemaker, boy, a wheelbarrow
Boy, I was a cangaceiro, boy, I was Lampião
Boy, I was also a boy
And time gave me its soul
It gave me bar doorframes
It gave me life raw and crude
Alleys, street corners, my homes
Street kid, street corner kid
