Composer: Jackson Do Pandeiro
Spotify subscribers hear the full song. Without a subscription, only a preview.
The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Antigamente qualquer farmacêutico, no ramo terapêutico
Era um bom doutor.
E veja agora, como era tão simples
O receituário do velho Boticário.
Catuaba e vassourinha de botão,
Raiz de fedegoso e semente de jerimum,
Depois misture e tome tudo em jejum.
Mas hoje em dia tudo é diferente,
Quando a gente está doente é o doutor quem avalia.
Ainda ontem fui ao senhor doutor,
Pedir pra ele arranjar remédio pra minha dor.
Ele depois de ver meus sofrimentos,
Pegou nos instrumentos e assim me receitou:
Pra garganta, tome penicilina,
Se as costas lhe doem, tome estreptomicina,
Pra intestino preso, tome terramicina,
Eu me afobei, tomei uma cachaçolina.
Translation
In the old days any pharmacist, in the therapeutic branch
Was a good doctor.
And see now, how simple it was
The prescription of the old Apothecary.
Catuaba and vassourinha de botão,
Fedegoso root and jerimum seed,
Then mix and take everything on an empty stomach.
But nowadays everything is different,
When one is sick it's the doctor who evaluates.
Just yesterday I went to the doctor,
To ask him to find medicine for my pain.
After seeing my sufferings,
He picked up his instruments and thus prescribed to me:
For the throat, take penicillin,
If your back hurts, take streptomycin,
For constipation, take terramycin,
I got flustered, I took a cachaçolina.
