Composer: Jackson Do Pandeiro
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Catirina cadê teu anelão?
Alfinete de ouro, correntão... (2x)
Catirina usava um trancelim
Uma saia rendada com babado
Punha oriza cheirosa no cabelo
E chamava atenção do povoado
E nas feira, nas festa onde chegava
Todo povo a ela perguntava
Catirina cadê teu anelão?
Alfinete de ouro, correntão... (2x)
Catirina era fia lá da Serra
E nasceu por detrás do chapadão
Onde ela chegava endoidava
Os caboco vaqueiro do Sertão
E cantando, dançando, onde ela estava
Todo povo a ela perguntava:
Catirina cadê teu anelão?
Alfinete de ouro, correntão... (2x)
Catirina batia no zabumba
E tocava viola e ganzá
Ela era o prazer, a alegria
No recanto, na vila, no arraiá
Já velhinha por onde ela passava
Todo povo a ela perguntava:
Catirina cadê teu anelão?
Alfinete de ouro, correntão... (2x)
Translation
Catirina, where is your big ring?
Golden pin, large chain... (2x)
Catirina, where is your big ring?
Golden pin, large chain...
Catirina wore a hair ornament
A lace skirt with ruffles
She put fragrant rice in her hair
And caught the attention of the village
And at the fairs, at the parties where she arrived
Everyone asked her
Catirina, where is your big ring?
Golden pin, large chain... (2x)
Catirina, where is your big ring?
Golden pin, large chain...
Catirina was a daughter from the Serra
And was born behind the high plateau
Wherever she arrived, she drove wild
The backland cowboys of the Sertão
And singing, dancing, wherever she was
Everyone asked her:
Catirina, where is your big ring?
Golden pin, large chain... (2x)
Catirina, where is your big ring?
Golden pin, large chain...
Catirina played the zabumba
And played the viola and ganzá
She was the pleasure, the joy
In the nook, in the village, at the arraiá
Already old, wherever she passed
Everyone asked her:
Catirina, where is your big ring?
Golden pin, large chain... (2x)
Catirina, where is your big ring?
Golden pin, large chain...
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