Composer: Jacinto Silva
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Mineiro pau, mineiro pau
Serra o pau deixa cair
Mineiro pau, mineiro pau
O pau é forte é murici
Ainda me lembro do meu tempo de pequeno
Eu morava num terreno animado pra danar
Toda semana o povo fazia um pagode
Pra comer bucho de bode e tomar cana pra tocar
Aquela velha que fumava o cachimbão
A saia arrastava no chão chega a poeira cobria
De vez enquanto uma lapada de água ardente
A gente preso no dente e a danada não caia
Eu tenho muita saudade da minha terra
Do meu velho pé de serra e do grito do bacural
E do coquista que passa a noite bebendo
E o povo respondendo o coco mineiro pau
Translation
Miner's wood, miner's wood
Saw the wood, let it fall
Miner's wood, miner's wood
The wood is strong, it's murici
I still remember my childhood
I lived on a lively piece of land, ready to dance
Every week the people would have a party
To eat goat tripe and drink sugarcane to play
That old woman who smoked the pipe
Her skirt dragged on the ground, the dust covered it
Every now and then a shot of brandy
We held it in our teeth and the damned thing wouldn't fall
I miss my land so much
My old 'pé de serra' and the cry of the nightjar
And the coconut gatherer who spends the night drinking
And the people answering the miner's wood coconut
